Civil War Revisited
At the height of the 2008 elections and four years after that, the US was said to have been split equally between two. Even if the time has passed since the first civil war, the circumstances under which it occurred, are in my view pretty much the same. To begin with, the Americans were still fresh with thoughts from the Revolutionary wars. The distaste for colonial sentiments was still high and residue from earlier experiences was still evident in daily living. As can be expected, descendants and supporters of England were still present and active and as can be expected entrenched in the new democratic system. It was therefore natural that a certain downward flow of the great stream of freedom needed to be allowed to take its course. The nation was growing and needed to finance its defensive as well as its offensive forces. Defensively, there was a realization that even if there had been victories against the better armed and better financed Colonial Master, a tougher battle lay a...