So then can we put to rest your constant criticism of the Union for accepting the war and fighting it over a banged-up fort and zero casualties? Because you freely admit that the Confederate reason for initiating the war was even less justified than that.
No. Their response was disproportionate. It is as if a woman slaps her husband, and he beats her face in with his fists. It was an excessive overreaction.
Because you freely admit that the Confederate reason for initiating the war was even less justified than that.
It was most definitely a blunder. Even Fidel Castro knew better than to make that stupid move. They should have just swallowed their pride and lived with it, and just kept bugging Lincoln to turn it over to them.