[LS]

The same levels of sentiments were expressed during the Revolution: How can the 30% of us who want our own country ever work with that 30% who think we should be boot-lickers to King George? Not to mention the Civil War.

The history of American politics is that it is ALWAYS close, even on some of the big issues. WW II was the only war with overwhelming public support: there was a strong opposition to the Mexican War (including Lincoln and Grant); the Sp-Am. War, including the Democratic Party and many leading industrialists; and World War I (including such diverse people as Henry Ford and Eugene V. Debs). Don't measure the worth of the Union based on the 40% who are opposed to one action or another.

[Little Ray]

Yer right, of course. But after these wars were started, how many on the opposin' side essentially became mouthpieces and cheerleaders fer the enemy?