[jrg]

No, Lincoln was the instigator of the “War of Northern Aggression”.

[muawiyah]

Of course LINCOLN WAS NOT. The situation had been festering for the previous 3/4 of a century ~ the issue was that Europeans had imposed slavery on America, and now it was time to literally throw off the shackles.

Alas, your typical Europhiles in those days weren't exactly like the Eurotrash ski lodge folks but they were Europhiles to the degree they'd rather hold people in slavery so they could keep the price of cotton they sold to Europeans low.

If they'd been pro-American there'd been much less of a problem. Too bad so many had to die.

How utterly foolish of Chris Matthews to add himself to the list of Confederates.