[John D]

He [Lincoln] had been rash enough to oppose a war and support an unpopular cause without compromise or equivocation (The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, pg 34)

But Lincoln did not blame The United States for the attack on Fort Sumter.

[fortheDeclaration]

[He [Lincoln] had been rash enough to oppose a war and support an unpopular cause without compromise or equivocation (The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, pg 34)]

But Lincoln did not blame The United States for the attack on Fort Sumter.

And Ron Paul did not blame the United States for 9/11 either.

He said that our leaders ought to understand that our foreign policy decisions can have unforeseen consequences, such as 9/11, which have to be considered when making them.

But the fact is that Lincoln questioned the Mexican War and was not a traitor for doing so.

A Whig congressman, who voted against the war of 1812, as a Federalist, and lost his seat, and was later relected, stated when asked how he was going to vote on the Mexican issue,

Sir, I have learned my lesson and I am now all for war, famine and pestilence