 blueridge says: A very moving account. This southern woman gives an account of caring for the thousands of wounded that day, describing in detail what modern authors cannot even imagine. Historical reality is very awakening and sobering to consider. People wrote with pen then more vividly than modern screen writers. These words of hers bring images from print to mind... The Civil War claimed over 620,000* (*corrected) lives, more than all other U.S. wars combined to present, fighting not merely the Northern States but the Federal government in Washington! The fruits of Yankee-controlled government are now plain to see. People today think little of the reality of war, beyond news and political debates. This moving and touching scene in this woman's account shows it up close and personal. People should consider more what this war was really about if they consider the numbers involved, and that combat was often hand to hand, not bombing from a safe distance or high in the sky. Very true! I have wondered if the difference between the American and French views of Iraq was partly due to the ability of the French to remember war in their own land. I read recently that someone described the lack of forethought with which we go to war as a "failure of the imagination." We just don't see what bombs will do in human terms. We see governments rise and fall, not moms and dads and kids. Since 1861 the Yankee Federal government has begun a policy of "regime change" toward global Democracy, i.e. "to rid the world of tyranny". Operation Iraqi Freedom used the same excuse of "emancipation" of Iraqi's (without their call or consent) for Invasion, just like the Lincoln (first republican president) invasion of the South, burning their cities, just like Fallujah. Wars for Democracy have clearly been the policy of Wilson (WWI), Roosevelt (WWII), and all subsequent wars. This is why not only Bush, but republicans like McCain or democrats like Clinton or Obama offer no real "change" to this global policy. (Obama claims to "change" even the world, in his own words). Wars have al... Violent democratic agenda began at the French and Russian revolutionsHope I'm not missing the point but the English Civil War and subsequent 'republic,' albeit short lived, predated both the American and French revolutions by well over 100 years. This revolution was instigated by Parliament on behalf of their electors - people with the right to vote. Democratic - certainly not, few folks actually had the vote, but a very important part of our history as were the Revolutions in America and France. Then again, we've freedom of the press to sanitize what our bombs away foreign policy does to all those incompliant nations who defy our government. At least we have a free press. |
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