The south could've left it alone? That's insane. It's just as insane as expecting Russia not to react to an expansion of NATO. The south had seceded, so the union had no right to maintain military presence.
You're intentionally dodging the question of what Lincoln was going to do with those reinforced, resupplied troops.
Nothing, leave them there to get shot at. Of course both sides could claim to be in the right, but only one side can fire first. Lincoln wanted that fort fired on, and it got fired on.
That's ludicrous and you know it. Any leader would consider a heavily armed and supplied force at their doorstep an act of aggression because there's no real expectation that they're just going to sit there. You don't ship weapons and supplies to soldiers so they can just sit there.
You're being intentionally obtuse because you want the north to be in the right.
Then would you agree that a well supplied military regiment with warships occupying a fort within a border with port access after they agreed to leave is an act of aggression?
The south could've left it alone? That's insane. It's just as insane as expecting Russia not to react to an expansion of NATO. The south had seceded, so the union had no right to maintain military presence.
You're intentionally dodging the question of what Lincoln was going to do with those reinforced, resupplied troops.
Nothing, leave them there to get shot at. Of course both sides could claim to be in the right, but only one side can fire first. Lincoln wanted that fort fired on, and it got fired on.
That's ludicrous and you know it. Any leader would consider a heavily armed and supplied force at their doorstep an act of aggression because there's no real expectation that they're just going to sit there. You don't ship weapons and supplies to soldiers so they can just sit there.
You're being intentionally obtuse because you want the north to be in the right.
That's just an absurd and childish claim.
Then would you agree that a well supplied military regiment with warships occupying a fort within a border with port access after they agreed to leave is an act of aggression?