Now instead of receiving an answer to my question of Tuesday, I am getting a lecture on the basics of critical thinking.
Goodness gracious... it would just have been easier to answer the original question.
There was no secret trap to blame Lincoln with starting the war... in fact, just the opposite is true.
Well, if you recognize fallacious arguments, why use them and demand a yes or no answer? Whatever NS answered to your question would be invalid, because your premise was flawed.