Interestingly, England and France were on the verge of officially recognizing the Confederate States of America when Lincoln suddenly had a change of heart and decided to free the slaves in areas over which he had no authority.
The comparison with Bush is interesting and perhaps justified, though Lincoln, by being responsible for the deaths of 700,000 Americans, the defilement of the Constitution, the arrest of those in the North who dared oppose his fratricidal war, and the consolidation of our federal union into a nation-state, arguably was worse.
Bush, as Lincoln, has unconstitutionally suspended habeas corpus in some circumstances, went to war without a declaration of congress, invaded a non-beligerent foreign state, and systematically centralized power in Washington.
In truth, in “saving” the Union, Lincoln destroyed two republics: the one born in 1861, and the one born in 1789.
I find the Examiner’s comparison chilling.
