[pganini]

You avoided my argument about the Civil War completely :)

[Jeff Head]

Because it doesn't apply. The others, to one exten or another, in as much as you were saying the island had to fight alone for its independence (which it has already done), did apply and I addressed them directly.

You do not have a democratically elected Mainland government with a constitution that both the Mainland and the island agreed to beforehand. Therefore, the island is not "breaking away" from that government with its democratically elected leaders. It's never been a part of it...and they fought the war to make sure they were not a part of it...and they are not to this day. In essence, the mainland is fighting a war of agression to MAKE the island become a part of something it never has had, and never wanted to have anything to do with...a mainland communist government.

Completely different scenario than the American civil war.