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?
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?
Of course that's how traps work. You don't bait a trap with food the mouse ain't going to eat.