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To: DiogenesLamp
I think that is somewhat unfair. I don't think any of them, including Lincoln, thought that stopping independence for the South would cost them 750,000 (the latest updated number) lives.

That's probably true too. I don't think they anticipated the utter disaster it turned out to be.
I think World War 1 was similar, in that many of those people thought that would be over quickly, and it also turned out to be a massive disaster.

201 posted on 09/01/2016 7:51:14 AM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
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To: Mark17
That's probably true too. I don't think they anticipated the utter disaster it turned out to be. I think World War 1 was similar, in that many of those people thought that would be over quickly, and it also turned out to be a massive disaster.

I think that is exactly true. World War I was a horrible loss of life, and the cost was far greater than any benefit they thought they would earn from fighting it.

Yes, both WWI and the Civil War were mistakes caused by arrogance.

205 posted on 09/01/2016 8:00:34 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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