In post 19, I said that all those who fought honorably in the Civil War are together today with Jesus.
I’ll explain why I said this: The Billie Yanks because of their willingness to die to free the slaves. The Johnny Rebs because they were defending their homeland. I do not hold either morally culpable for the country’s failure to find a way, peacefully, to end slavery (for example, the way England ended slavery, with compensated emancipation).
But some people want to describe the Billie Yanks as evil invaders, saying they were not dying to free the slaves. Among these people are the left-wing extremists and also some who - for who knows what reason - hold on to the lost cause. What a strange combination!
The world is a messed up place. So many men, boys really, killed and killing others, mostly in pointless wars. The government gets away with this because every now and then we actually find ourselves in a war that we have to win. The day is coming when these wars will end. This is something I have to believe. In the meanwhile, it is for us, the living, to soldier on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy6AOGRsR80
Lincoln was promoting an amendment to strengthen protections for slavery, and he said he wanted to make this amendment "express and irrevocable."
How can your mind pivot so fast from Lincoln urging further protection for slavery, to accepting the claim that a month later, he was launching a war to end slavery?
Doesn't the fact that Lincoln was promoting an amendment to protect slavery make you go "Huh?"