[central_va]

The confederacy chose war.

If anyone chose war it was the "Goon" himself, read his second inaugural again, Para. 2.

[Servant of the Cross]

Remind me how wars start again? Who was it that fired the first shot?

[Non-Sequitur]

If anyone chose war it was the "Goon" himself, read his second inaugural again, Para. 2.

Total nonsense. The South started the conflict when it fired on Sumter. War was what Davis wanted. War is what he got.

[Cheburashka]

If anyone chose war it was the “Goon” himself, read his second inaugural again, Para. 2.

---

Jefferson Davis didn't have a second inaugural.

Oh, wait, you were talking about Lincoln. So sorry, the term “Goon” you threw around confused me.

Went back, read that second paragraph. Sorry, it doesn't say what you think. He was referring to the slaveowners choosing war. Which is, of course, the truth of the matter.

By the way, unlike Jefferson Davis or Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln never had a slave whipped. Which I think disposes of the term “Goon”.

Yep, went back and read that second paragraph again just now. Definitely talking about the slaveowners.