Both of you might like to add to your consideration these words from the a column by Keyes this month at WND.
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"Among the many responsibilities and privileges of a free people, one of the noblest is the task of forming and maintaining principled resolve in time of war. Citizens of the free American Republic must supply something beyond what was demanded of the subjects of warlike kingdoms. Along with willing soldiers and a beehive of impassioned support at home, we must supply as well the sustained national act of will to prosecute the war. And this will must be formed from a genuine understanding that our cause is just. Our leaders can and must help in this – indeed, there may be no more important responsibility they face than ensuring that we only wield the sword when our cause is just. But the ultimate responsibility is ours."
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Tuor, you might consider Lincoln's own defense of the Constitutionality and wisdom of his suspension of Habeas Corpus and his undertaking other measures to stop Copperhead sedition.
I can hunt them down for you if you like.
If you are concerned about the context of the quote you responded to, go checkout the whole column at worldnetdaily.
Whether you like or support Keyes is quite secondary; he is not running for any office; he is addressing you and me as a fellow citizen, and the real question is what we should, or should not, think and do about national resolve and understanding in wartime.
Regards,
Richard F.