From: Ad 

Gary Britt wrote:
> No Jefferson was a rebel in a civil war for independence.

A civil war for independence?

Interesting concept.

He was a rebellious insurgent who took up illegal arms against the
legitimate authority.

> To be an
> illegal enemy combatant he would have needed to go to Portugal and blow
> up the main square killing thousands and declare war on Portugal because
> he didn't like how Portugal treated somebody else in Europe.
>

Nope.

He simply needed to lose or be captured by the legitimate authority so that
he could be legally imprisoned & hanged as a traitor and insurgent.


Adam

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