Of course, this is a rhetorical question. Lincoln was America’s most consequential president; world history would be very different if the United States had broken in two in the mid-19th century. The result would have been an industrialized North with a strong central government, and an agricu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘civil war’
October 2nd, 2016 - 9:41 pm § in Misc.
Will the war never end?
Colombia Plunged Into Uncertainty As Voters Narrowly Reject Peace Deal With FARC Rebels Colombians rejected a peace deal with Marxist insurgents in a referendum on Sunday, plunging the nation into uncertainty and dashing President Juan Manuel Santos’ dream of ending the 52-year war. Before the r[...]
April 5th, 2015 - 8:30 pm § in America
“We hate you, sir”
The Civil War, which some people still call the “Northern War of Aggression,” is in the news because this week marks the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, which effectively ended the fighting between armies. Columnist Leonard Pitts wrote of that event, “R[...]
Does South Carolina Still Fly The Confederate Flag on Its State House?
Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) First Act of The Civil Wat They sort of took it down. The compromise is that it flies on the capitol grounds beside a memorial to South Carolina’s Confederate dead. The calim is that it hnors the npoble dead who fount a war to keep humans like [...]
March 25th, 2014 - 4:12 am § in Misc.
Training The Next Generation of Yihadists
Saudis volunteers hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen Reuter reports that Saudi Islamist militants have left the battlefields of Syria and Iraq for Yemen, where their experience appears to have contributed to a spate of lethal al Qaeda attacks. Car bomb damages local intelligence [...]
January 3rd, 2014 - 5:16 pm § in Misc.
Victory in Iraqistan
Qaeda Militants in Iraq Claim Falluja as Independent State By YASIR GHAZI and TIM ARANGO After what appeared to be a morning lull Friday, Sunni fighters destroyed the police headquarters and mayor’s office as violence resumed. Syrian Rebels and Qaeda Fighters Clash 4:53 PM ET[...]
January 3rd, 2014 - 2:30 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: Founder of the Tea Party
The Charleston Mercury said, “The tea has been thrown overboard, the revolution of 1860 has been initiated.” Has anything changed since then? Four Tea Party Challengers to Lindsey Graham Vie for One-on-One in Runoff Election Columbia Tea Party | Restoring Liberty and Freedom South Caroli[...]
AFRICAN BUCHENWALD
Unspeakable horrors in nation on verge of genocide Ever hear about the Central African Republic? In a modern Buchenwald, thousands of people are dying, killed by soldiers, gangs or malaria. Children, as young as eight, are press ganged into Christian and Muslim militia forces. Pe[...]
July 26th, 2012 - 12:51 pm § in Misc.
Civil War As A Spectator Sport
Israeli tourists flock to Golan Heights to watch Syrians in battle Israeli tourists are flocking to vantage points in the Golan Heights to take a glimpse of ongoing battle in Syrian, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. The report got a lot of attention following the visit of Israeli Defense Min[...]