[Non-Sequitur]

In my opinion, in 1861 he invoked the way of the bullet, and six hundred thousand soldiers paid the ultimate price. If Lincoln had been a man of peace, he would have let the South go their own way. He wasn't, and he didn't.

And I suppose in your opinion, in 1941 FDR invoked the way of the bullet, and millions of soldiers paid the ultimate price. If FDR had been a man of peace, he wouldn't have let a little think like an armed attack on a U.S. facility lead to war. But he wasn't, and he didn't.

[rustbucket]

And I suppose in your opinion, in 1941 FDR invoked the way of the bullet, and millions of soldiers paid the ultimate price. If FDR had been a man of peace, he wouldn't have let a little think like an armed attack on a U.S. facility lead to war. But he wasn't, and he didn't.

Intentionally tweak the nose of a bull, and it becomes the bull's fault when he charges you? Lincoln knew he was provoking war by sending an armed force to South Carolina.