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Originally Posted by Esaias
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No he doesn't.
He said, "The CSA was not in rebellion to the US, she was a separate and distinct Government. There would have been peace between the two countries if only the US had removed their Federal troops from CSA land."
The south did not have the right to separate and become their own country in the first place.
This logic is ludicrous and does not have any LEGAL leg to stand on! Did the southern states have Federal representation in Washington BEFORE the Civil War? What were the titles of those elected representatives--
Goodwill Ambassadors to a country that was occupying their land? Give me a break!
So no, he doesn't rock. I am glad we are a UNITED country and that war was a just war and necessary for the survival, peace and prosperity of our great land.
Yes, sometimes war is necessary in order to secure the peace.