Please read up on the reconciliation that occurred after the war, and the decision by the federal government to re-admit the former Confederate states into the Union, and to restore the US citizenship to members of the former Confederacy. You might be surprised at what history actually says.
@TheMiddleborne Because people are ignorant of the idea of reconciliation (which was a huge part of post-civil war nation healing) and/or don’t want to believe such a thing can exist.
@tizzywoman Retired Army Colonel here - The proper way for him to make such a statement would be to resign his commission in protest and THEN make his statement.
Idiot broke numerous articles under the UCMJ.