Post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
(Dangerous reasoning from a Liberal?)
ML/NJ
Not quite; I make no bones about the fact that there are/were atrocities in every conflict. My point is that we are better as a nation today because of the north's victory. So much of history would have been different otherwise and likely we would never have emerged as a world power.
And I strongly refute your question of me being a liberal just because I think differently than the Lincoln-bashers.