[DiogenesLamp]

Lincoln succeeded in manipulating the country into war. However, that was not what I was taught in high school American history class.

Me either. I was taught that he was a Hero and he fought the Civil War to free the slaves.

I have come to regard this as an ex post facto justification for the horrors that were unleashed upon the nation.

[central_va]

I have come to regard this as an ex post facto justification for the horrors that were unleashed upon the nation.

Amazing how, with all the contrary evidence in abundance, that myth lives on.