The people who don't have the choice about the dying are the defenders. The Attackers could just leave and save their own lives, but the Defenders do not have that option.
Then all things considered it was really stupid of Davis to start the war then, wasn't it?
44 posted on 06/03/2019 11:29:25 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
Davis had absolutely no control over whether there was going to be a war or not. Lincoln decided to have a war, and Davis simply played the hand he had been dealt by Lincoln.
Once the warships were sent, the war was began.
46 posted on 06/03/2019 11:36:50 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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