Since i gather your a YANKEE iam not going to waste my time to convince you about your greedy Govt.That great US govt that exterminated a whole race of people(PLAINS INDIANS) to get where it is today.You are one of those bright people who believe what they where taught in school and read in the newspapers.I wonder if you voted for bush?IF you want to get right down to it and i quote my 3 great grandfather who was a brigadier general in magruders army,killed in the battle of williamsburg,"The yankees came down here to steal our land and that is what they did".What about those taxes and carpet baggers?To say that the war was fought over slavery makes it appear as a just HOLY WAR to free the slaves there by justifying about how they raped the south in the end.You can quote me all your little cute paragrphs all you want and it wont change a thing.My great grandmother could give you an earful about slavery.Also i was raised by a daughter of a slave and i could tell you stories you would never believe.