[Iron Munro]

Washington was the greatest president of the 18th century, Lincoln of the 19th and Reagan of the 20th.

Respectfully I dsagree.

I know my views are not among the majority, but here is how I see it:

In my opinion Lincoln does not deserve mention in the same sentence as Washington or Reagan.

Washington presided over the birth of the nation.

Lincoln presided over the death of 600,000 Americans who killed each other in a war he could have avoided or ended at any time.

Reagan presided over the end of the most potentially disasterous conflict in the entire known history of the world.

[Ditto]

Lincoln presided over the death of 600,000 Americans who killed each other in a war he could have avoided or ended at any time.

Jeff Davis and the Confederates could have 'avoided or ended at any time" as well, but they didn't

Don't mean to turn this into a Civil War thread, but if Lincoln hadn't done what he did, would this nation turned into Bosnia-Serbia-Croatia third world hell hole where they all speak the same language but just hate the s*** out of each other for no other reason than hate?

Give Lincoln credit for stopping that.