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Re: Honest Abe was not so honest??
[QUOTE=easygo;1304706]Was the Civil War necessary?
Absolutely not.
The entire war could have been avoided if Lincoln had not trapped the Confederate army into firing first at Ft. Sumter, thus allowing Lincoln to invade the South illegally. 620,000 soldiers died and as many as 250,000 civilians died in this unnecessary war.
Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and various French colonies all abolished slavery peacefully and by means of compensated emancipation. I guess Lincoln missed the memo.
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People always use the premise that war was justified to keep the union together. If the South was so far politically from the North why would you want them in the Union? North didn't like what they were doing, let them secede and refuse any trade or dealings with the new nation.
The only thing I will say about President Lincoln is that very few people know that him and his friends were making money on the war. Not so different than today and the military industrial complex.
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