Not Very Civil, Civil Wars

    Entry No. 22

          "What is the comparison between the U.S. civil war, and the Sierra Leone civil war?"

         In my comparison I see immediately one major similarity, and one major difference that would be the major end points. The similarity are the actions of the national military. The North decimated the South in a way that I am sure not Lincoln wanted, and the S.L.A. attacked civilians with no provocation. Now the major difference are those who were in power. The major characters such as Ulysses S. Grant, Lincoln, and Robert E. Lee were men of outstanding, and on both sides there was sympathy. Here are some other differences: U.S. didn't use child soldiers or fight over diamonds, and the slavery in Sierra Leone was not based on race. The other similarities are these: both left a horrific scar on the land, and the reconstruction process was (is in the case of Sierra Leone) arduous.