Frankly I’m a little embarrassed for our FRiend DiogenesLamp - the “Linkum done tricked us” defense is pathetically lame. Maybe he’ll try harder tomorrow.
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I am open minded on the idea that Lincoln cleverly manipulated lesser men into an act that he needed. I don't know if this is true. My point was that speculation that this was true is what got me started on the path of questioning the common wisdom about what happened.
The more I learned about the surrounding events, the less I liked what I learned. There are some ugly parts of our history and the war is still haunting us today.