After a week of historic remembrance (M.L.K’s Birthday) and many discussions about the facts of the Civil War, (Robert E Lee’s Birthday) I came to the conclusion that history is repeating itself. I’d like to present you with my closing arguments that pretty much ended all debates on the real reasons why the states went to war.

A lot of folks are under the impression that slavery was the cause of the civil war and that position is backed by documents and books written. A lot of folks also believe slavery was not the issue and that is backed up by documents and books written. We have been hashing this out since reconstruction and it won’t end anytime soon.

I ask you to think back to the time of the civil war and understand the issues of the day.

The southern states for 20 years prior to the war were unhappy with the direction of the government. For various reasons, including transportation, taxes, failure to uphold the constitutional rule subscribed to after the Revolution, as well as industrial restraints put upon the south by the Federal Government and of course slavery played a part. In one declaration Texas actually mentions “Illegal Aliens” in their writing to the Feds.

Now look at today’s America: Several states are having serious issues with the federal government over many of those same issues. The nation is divided, The Government is taking businesses, the feds are telling us what we have to buy and what we can not have, our tax burden has grown, our economy is struggling, inflation is making it hard to feed our families, industry has basically been stagnant and our border is being crossed at will.

If a civil war was to break out now, and the states that had succeeded lost, what would historians say was the cause of this war?

I submit that the victor gets to write the history, so if the states that won the war wrote the reason, it would boil down to “The confederacy wanted to allow children to die” based on the biggest debates of the time being HEALTHCARE. The losing states would have the distinction of being Anti-Children health. All of the other issues such as over regulation, over taxation, illegal actions by our government, failure to protect our borders and others would get washed out of the history books.

While Obamacare would not be the only reason we went to war, it would be part of it…Same as Slavery in the civil war time. PART not ONLY…

I realize there are many  information sources NOW that would debunk that “Reason” pretty quick, but in the time of Lincoln, there was little information sharing. And what was shared was old news before it got to the population.

If you look at the condition of our United States NOW, you can understand the same angst they had prior to the attack on Ft Sumpter S.C.

I don’t hope to see a civil war ever again on our soil. But I don’t think there has ever been a time we were this close. We have 27 states suing the Federal Government, We have the Federal Government suing a state. We have a totally divided nation over a variety of issues and we have OUTSIDE influences that are putting pressure on all of us. Its the same basic recipe.

What is needed is a true leader that can unite 2/3 of the population. You do that by being a true American, placing our nation above your agenda and leading by example. You can not expect the public to be honest and sincere while you are lying and manipulating. What is happening now is the destruction of these once great UNITED STATES. And it’s all starting in DC by the same type folks that occupied power prior and during civil war 1.

God save the Republic.