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- From: PAUL D CHAPIN <pdchapin@unix.amherst.EDU>
- Subject: Internal/External (was Re: Scope of Action-US Military)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:32 GMT
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- From PAUL D CHAPIN <pdchapin@unix.amherst.EDU>
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- patterson,george r (patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com) wrote:
- :
- : From "patterson,george r" <patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com>
- :
- : In article <C17vr8.Eso@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Jerry Han <jhan@debra.dgbt.doc.ca> writes:
- :
- : >>Ever heard of the War Between the States (also called the Civil War or the
- : >>Valiant Fight Against Yankee Agression)?
- : >
- : >Yes, I have, though I thought since the Confederacy seceeded from the
- : >Union, they weren't considered a part of the United States any more (de
- : >facto, a foreign power, thus within the scope of the ability of Congress
- : >to declare war.)
- :
- : That was the Confederacy's opinion. Lincoln did not agree. His entire
- : rallying cause during the first three years of the war was the attempt
- : to reunite the country.
-
- This discussion has led into another interesting area. At what point in a
- rebellion does the issue stop being an internal affair, and in theory not the
- concern of third parties, and become a dispute between nations.
-
- It could be argued that the Confederacy showed almost all the attributes of
- a sovereign state and, therefore, alliance with a European power would have
- not constituted interference with internal U.S. affairs. The critical area
- that the South never controlled was its own foreign trade, which the North
- kept under its control with the crude tool of a blockade.
-
- Possibly more relevant is the question of Yugoslavia. I believe that the
- Serbian position is that Bosnia is part of Yugoslavia and the entire affair
- is internal. Obviously the Bosnians disagree. I've noted with interest as
- the maps and comments of newsmakers have changed over time. Until fairly
- recently the maps used by the news have continued to use the Yugoslavia label,
- even if only on Serbia. Now most maps just list the individual republics.
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