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The truth is, the US "leadership" and military should have been tried for war crimes. They're probably paying now though, which is far, far better. And they'll pay FOREVER.
"Had the Confederates somehow won, had their victory put them in position to bring their chief opponents before some sort of tribunal, they would have found themselves justified . . . in stringing up President Lincoln and the entire Union high command for violation of the laws of war, specifically for waging war against noncombatants."
Lee Kennett, Marching through Georgia: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman, p. 286
Photo-What's left of Charleston, SC 1865