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To: D. Long who wrote (9632)	5/23/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

The freeing of the slaves did not justify the killing of 500,000 Americans IMO. Hell, we won't risk the death of a single American pilot in order to avoid the accidental bombing of Kosovo refugees. Most of the civilian deaths could have been avoided if the pilots had orders to fly low and positively identify their targets before releasing the bombs. Jim

To: D. Long who wrote (9632)	5/24/1999 1:16:00 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 17770

Dear Mr. Long, Well, thats sort of fudging the matter James. It was over States Rights, but the whole affair came to blows over apportionment of the territories applying for statehood as free or slave. So slavery had a very central role in the Civil War, and if there either was never any slavery or the entire nation had remained slave states, no doubt there would never have been a civil war. Until maybe the slave population revolted. ;) Thanks for your reply to Mr. Barrett on the Civil War business. You've saved me the trouble. Bruce