A few points:

1. The victors write history, the Civil War was an internal United States of America issue by subduing a rebellious portion of the nation. I don't think the Confederate States were recognized by any other nation, either, but I never really looked at the Civil War because it never much interested me.

2. Ghandi had a lot of very good points, but there will come a time when you can only meet violence with violence. Violence should ALWAYS be the last resort, however.

3. I'm actually fairly disturbed by this news, there's a lot of nasty shit brewing these days. I'm hoping it doesn't escalate, because with all the nasty weapons we have these days, the possible collateral damage would be catastrophic...