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Jarhead91,
Licoln united by invading the southern half of the country with the largest armies the U.S. ever fielded and burning cities to the ground. Luckily for him, approval ratings pols hadn’t been invented yet.
No argument from me. Still beats the pants off what Bush has ‘accomplished’. Lincoln had the war basically wrapped up within four years – Bush has been muddling along in Iraq and Afghanistan for far longer, with nothing to show for it.
The Constitution does not provide for secession – once you join the Union, that’s that. Lincoln made difficult decisions and restored the United States, making the following century of progress possible.
Bush, in contrast, has spent all the blood and treasure he could borrow to pursue a purposeless conflict with countries that never were a threat. So much for progress.
Peace.
DS
