[FLT-bird]

Apparently not, as it turned out. Nope. It had. Nothing that occurred afterward has changed the legality of it. So you're saying that the southern leaders of the rebellion were so dumb that they fell into Lincoln's trap and fired on Sumter? Doesn't say a lot about them, does it? No, I'm saying they had no choice. It was be invaded without defending themselves or defend themselves. That's pretty much the choice everybody is put to when attacked as they were.

[DoodleDawg]

Nope. It had. Nothing that occurred afterward has changed the legality of it

And nothing you say now changes the illegality of it.

No, I'm saying they had no choice. It was be invaded without defending themselves or defend themselves.

Or let Sumter be resupplied and maintain the status quo. Why was war their only choice if they didn't really want one?