[mosaicwolf]

"Washington’s right to impose its will on the peasantry was positively settled in 1865."

Yep....just like the 1967 and 1972 Israeli/Arab war settled it all. Remember, "War is politics by other means"

[warchild9]

It takes will to refight a war.

Americans lack the will to worry about more than whatever violent sports are in season. (And angry, anonymous postings don’t count as anything.)

Sheep don’t fight back; they obey the sheepdog as long as it doesn’t nip their back ends and leaves them to graze unmolested for most of the day.