posted by
takyon
on Saturday June 20 2015, @11:30PM
An Anonymous Coward writes:
"At some point as a country, we have to reckon with what happens. It's not enough to express sympathy. You don't see this kind of murder, on this scale, with this kind of frequency in other advanced countries on earth." - President Obama.
When you say the war was all about slavery, you are speaking of the south. I'm sure the north had other motivations for going to war aside from ending slavery.
We went to war with Iraq to spread freedom and democracy, or so it was said. 12 years later the place is still a war zone. It doesn't seem like much of a success.
The Civil War had 100 times more American casualties than the Iraq War. 150 years later black people are still being killed for being black?
Was there ever a war fought for the purpose of liberating a group of people from their own countrymen, and it all worked out great?
I wonder how much longer slavery would have lasted if we had repealed the Fugitive Slave Act and let 'em secede.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday June 21 2015, @08:30AM
When you say the war was all about slavery, you are speaking of the south. I'm sure the north had other motivations for going to war aside from ending slavery.
We went to war with Iraq to spread freedom and democracy, or so it was said. 12 years later the place is still a war zone. It doesn't seem like much of a success.
The Civil War had 100 times more American casualties than the Iraq War. 150 years later black people are still being killed for being black?
Was there ever a war fought for the purpose of liberating a group of people from their own countrymen, and it all worked out great?
I wonder how much longer slavery would have lasted if we had repealed the Fugitive Slave Act and let 'em secede.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 21 2015, @12:42PM
> I'm sure the north had other motivations for going to war aside from ending slavery.
Like maintaining the union? Nah.