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And I guess you'd drink up whatever blood was spilled, too, like a regular James Chesnut, Jr.

What a silly thing to say. Do you know how many Americans, how many human beings, have gone to war in our history? How many do you think were "blood drinkers"? Good, decent men can recognize the need for war and participate in it, even if it makes them sick to do so. It merely depends on the worthiness of the cause. The USA for decades now has been heading down a road that leads to extreme tragedy and oppression of biblical proportions. It must stop. We'll see what Trump can do, but we must still be prepared to do what has to be done, should it become necessary. Our forefathers would be ashamed of us if we did less.

And by the way, I've already been to war once for this country. I wasn't Rambo. I was just there, like every other guy around me, just trying to do my duty.

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Senator Chestnut was the man who said he'd drink up all the blood that would be shed in the Civil War (before it happened -- it would have been quite a task afterwards). He said he thought it wouldn't be more than a thimbleful.

Before a war, an invasion, a national break-up or a societal breakdown happens it's easy to act like it's no big deal, but California secession would affect our lives in ways we can't even imagine now -- and another civil war would make an even bigger change in how we live.

A lot of bravado and exaggeration comes before catastrophes, and it looks very bad to those how come afterwards. Splitting up the country or killing each other in the streets wouldn't make life better for anybody. I wouldn't put it past the Chinese, the Russians or some terrorist group to encourage talk of secession and civil war in order to weaken the US.