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Originally posted by Moses
Lincolns predesessor, James Buchanon made the Civil War unavoidable. His administration was as corrupt as any in history,
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Lincoln's was far more corrupt. Further, Lincoln chose war when negotiations were underway. You are forgettng the fact that only about half the eventual number of southern states had seceded prior to Lincoln's call up of troops to begin military operations and training.
It was only after Lincoln made it obvious to the remaining southern states what he planned to do that they left the Union as well.
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but his real failures were in refusing to move after South Carolina announced secession from the Union and attacked Fort Sumter,
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No, Lincoln was president when the defnse of South Carolina was initiated to defend against the flotille sent south by Lincoln. Buchannan might swhare the blame by not ordering the troops out of what was a sovereign foreign nation at once, allowing the illegal occupation to proceed for over four months, but nothing more than that.
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and in supporting both the legality of the pro-slavery constitution of Kansas and the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott class declaring that escaped slaves were not people but property.
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You're taking events out of 19th century context. The Kansas problem had little to do with Lincoln's actions in starting the War Against Southern Independence.
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He was the guy who in 1861 passed on the mess to the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. Blaming Lincoln for the war is revisionist history at it's best.
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When historical lies abound, setting the record straight through revision based on the real facts is warranted.
Lincoln initiated and prosecuted the deadliest war America has ever been involved in, before or since; and set the stage for the irresponsible fascist leviathan state of today.