It is arguable and a constitutional issue, but they were all US citizens. That was the Northern position. It's my understanding that at Appomatax Courthouse, the issue of treason had already been dismissed by President Lincoln and Grant was gracious to the losers.
I've had some great discussions on FR about this.
Love these pithy issues. Let me suggest a read of Federalist 39 and I'll leave it at that.
I don't have any trouble at all calling Dean a traitor, but I do find it difficult to call Murtha a traitor. Murtha did acknowledge that we have done good things over in Iraq. Dean would never do that. Dean and Ramsey Clark I think are of a kind. It's late, I'm retiring :(
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