CNN- Were Confederate Soldiers Terrorists?

[jandar]

True,

Forgot about Atlanta. Look up Georgia Highlanders as well.
Forgot about Oglethorpe settling Georgia stuff with mainly scottish highlanders.

[Cricket]

The simple answer is Yes. If you define terrorism as defending a cause that used fear to keep in submission a whole race, then the honest answer is they were indeed terrorists. And the Unionists also terrorized the South but let's not forget that five of the Northern states were also slave states. The British were also terrorists if you stick to the same definition. But I don't see how anyone can apply the same logic to Indians who at best can be called "insurgents" for resisting invaders. Notice how we now describe as "insurgents" the people who call themselves freedom fighters. And that brings us to George Washington.

We can agree or disagree that liberating the slaves was only a means to an end which in retrospect was a damn good means. And if you don't think it was, then you are in need of some serious soul searching. But in truth the word "terrorist" or "non-terrorist" will forever be one of those words like "beautiful" when you look in the mirror.