Across the Pond

I just finished reading the book The Hornet's Nest by President Jimmy Carter. I have never understood how we could willingly be an ally of England. The novel tells the story of the Revolutionary War in Georgia and the Carolinas. While George Washington and the Continental Army squared off against the British regulars and German Hessian mercenaries in the North, the southern colonies were left to fend for themselves. A small band of homesteaders, farmers and backwoodsmen held off Redcoat cavalry, infantry and naval forces, renegade Indians, and Tory marauders. The British Dragoons employed a policy of “no quarter” and executed wounded and captured militia. The Tories, Creeks and Cherokees butchered and scalped the children, raped and abused the women and daughters and slowly tortured to death anyone who did not swear an oath of loyalty to the king. The savagery in the south lasted for 10 years, starting before Concord and Lexington, and ending after Cornwallis' surrender. After reading the book, I want to declare war, load my musket, and sail on the next frigate across the pond.