Editorial: Lincoln was totally wrong

This is the 150^th anniversary of the great Gettysburg Address. IMHO, it was the greatest and also the darkest hour of American, yea, human history.

Slavery

There is no human behavior more worthy of scorn than this. We honor our Founding Fathers, but the fact that President Lincoln was still battling this evil decades later does not bespeak well of their legacy. Even today, this evil persists: specifically, Muslims who enslave blacks as living beings of little value above that of pigs or dogs (regarding Muslim prejudice against dogs and pigs, Google it).

$$$

As background, it is important to understand that the battle for the almighty dollar was a significant factor, and anyone who denies this and claims that the Civil War was only about morals is an idiot, ignorant of the realities of the times. There was economic warfare at the time, just as it is today. Then, the industrial North wished suvereignty over the slave-driven South, and versa-vice.

The Great Compromise...Not

That civil war based solely on slavery was eminent on several levels, including moral and economic and political grounds, was obvious to everyone, including a doofus like Lincoln. The South, recognizing this reality, offered Lincoln a compromise. Henceforth, there would never be another new human slave in the United States; also, all existing slaves would end their lives as such. Within one generation, where he willing to wait, slavery would have disappeared from our country. In his arrogance and stupidity, Lincoln rejected this out-of-hand.

Lincoln...makes the wrong choice

He was not a stupid man. He knew that civil war would make the earth run red with American blood. Brother against brother, father against son.

Indeed.

In the end, the number of dead Americans is a number with 6 digits, more than all other wars put together, and he knew it would happen. A serious military mistake. Nevertheless, the same mistake made by several respectable warlords during the Sengoku (Japanese Medieval civil wars).

Of the great warlords, there are many you can read of: Sun Tzu, Miyamoto Musashi, Mori Motonari, Hojo Tokimune. They all agree one on point: the greatest victories are battles that are won without shedding a single drop of blood.

By this measure, Lincoln was an abject failure.

Have a nice day.