[Rebelbase]

The south was spoiling for a fight. War was still full of glory and honor in the minds of the South and there were very few who thought it would last as long as it did.

Sherman in charge of fighting terrorism? Now that would be a short war!

[cowboyway]

The south was spoiling for a fight

DisHonest Abe was spoiling for a fight, also. Otherwise, he would have removed the foreign troops from Southern soil and used verbal diplomacy. Only one outcome could result from leaving Union troops in Sumter, and that is exactly what Lincoln was counting on.

Sherman in charge of fighting terrorism? Now that would be a short war!

That may be true; hell, it takes a terrorist to know one.

But actually, I kinda doubt it. After all, he would still be subject to the whims of politics and public opinion.

Furthermore, just because Sherman didn't hesitate to make war on noncombatants during his March to the Sea (women, children and the elderly), doesn't mean that he would have been effective against one of his own kind.

[stand watie]

well, if sherman was in charge in Iraq, there would certainly be MANY plundered places of worship,looted/burned homes of civilians (particularly those that were in the care of women & elderly men, too old to resist), hundreds of thousands of raped & tortured civilians, etc.

eventually, the army would get around to fighting the armed forces.

what sherman did in the southland will NEVER be forgotten. he was FILTH.

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