[pcottraux]

Who had armed forces there to begin with? And do you think that invading the entire South with the intent of slaughtering and burning their cities to the ground was a proportionate response?

[Non-Sequitur]

And do you think that invading the entire South with the intent of slaughtering and burning their cities to the ground was a proportionate response?

Ask the Germans and the Japanese if that was a proportionate response to their wars as well.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Because they were part of the United States.

Of course we had armed forces stationed there, as we did in the North.

The Confederates were traitors and secession is treason. Deal with it.