[tylerdurden]

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He murdered 600,000 americans in a war of conquest against a nation that espoused the same concepts the US originally did with the Declaration of Independence.

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Technically, the South started the war at Ft. Sumter. And that "nation" espoused slavery, something you don't seem to like.

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The US had forces in CS teritorry and refused to remove them. Are you guilty of a crime if you find a trespasser on your territory and act to remove him?

As for slavery, the US espoused slavery at the time of the Declaration. Lincoln had no intentions of ending slavery. He's on record as saying the white race is superior, and that his goal is to re-unify. He did say he would end slavery if that would help him achieve his goal, but he would also continue it if that would help him achieve his goal.

Slavery is a side issue. It existed all over the world, and ended (on a large scale, at least) world wide without bloody multi-year conflicts.