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RZM

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5. Should there be?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2011, 02:03 PM

Dec 2011

Frankly I'm kind of glad there isn't.

What kind of war are you envisioning here? A left vs. right contest a la the Spanish Civil War? Because I'd be quite disappointed in anybody on either side who had enthusiasm for such a thing.

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Why isn't there more enthusiasm for anothe civil war? [View all] struggle4progress May 2011 OP

I don't think we need to go so far as a war sybylla May 2011 #1

Because only trolls are interested in the idea (see the first response in this thread) Bucky May 2011 #2

Nuclear weapons have made wars between UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #11

Because we are grownups, and because the last Civil War cost so many lives and took so long to get JDPriestly May 2011 #3

There are people that believe one is coming. Rex Dec 2011 #4

Should there be? RZM Dec 2011 #5

Because people know how damn bloody and destructive the first one was charlie and algernon Dec 2011 #6

Isn't the term "Civil War" a little like "Romantic Rape". styersc Dec 2011 #7

Now that you mention it, WheelWalker Dec 2011 #8

"Man-o-" War? styersc Dec 2011 #10

Because Americans are tired of seeing their children, and their neighbors children maimed or dead... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #9