By DAVID PEVEAR , Sun Staff
ANDOVER -- If Abraham Lincoln were alive and waging the war on terror, our greatest Republican president might be doing the same thing George W. Bush is doing as commander in chief.
Infuriating the Democrats.
Lincoln no doubt would find it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus -- the right of one to challenge imprisonment in front of a judge -- and his wishes would include doing so for U.S. citizens who might exhibit excessive antiwar sentiment.
But chances also are that by now, more than 31/2 years into the war in Iraq, Lincoln would have raised taxes, reinstituted a draft, fired generals until he found his Ulysses S. Grant and crafted a speech eloquently defining for a divided populace why the last, best hope
of Earth is right to "give confidence to the people in the contested regions that the insurgent power will not again overrun them." (Lincoln's words in December 1863, not Bush's in 2006.)
2006-10-04 12:33:12 · 8 answers · asked by distalbicept 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
This is a story that was published in todays Lowell Sun newspaper, it's quite an eye opener huh!!
2006-10-04 12:36:02 · update #1
He had the same problems during the Civil war as Bush has now and he didn't give up .
All the "Arm Chair Generals " and Bush Haters need to read some history .
Our enemies , terrorists , N.Korea , Iran , Hugo Chaves , Castro , see us as divided and uncertain and that makes them bolder and more apt to do something really stupid .
2006-10-05 01:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DUH!
What do you guys all think? You think that Bush is really acting like a total idiot?
People call bush an idiot because they use him, the president, as a scapegoat for their fears about the future and their decisions.
We're in the middle of a war and, lo, people are dying, taxes are going up, money's being spent, fuel is being sought after...
I'd be surprised and worried if the price of sugarcane was rising really fast. You see, that would mean that our president is an idiot. But everything going on here is perfectly practical.
Honestly, there's something wrong with modern American society...
2006-10-04 19:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by dinochirus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very eloquently put, son. I, however, fail to see the point in this, another "what if" question. For instance, "what if " you opened the newspaper one day and read, to your horror, that scientists had discovered that it wasn't the Dolphins which were sentient after all. It is, sadly, Tuna. In the wake of attacks on the HQs of Bumblebee, Starkist, and Chicken of the Sea, Congress admitted publicly that we humans have a lot of explaining to do. Get my point? I know, but how could I resist, you are a smart guy. thanx. --Rat
2006-10-04 20:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by Raptor 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kick a double s over in Iraq thats for sure! He'd be one heck of a prez !! As for Hood_12 I gotta wonder about him if he went to Retard University to get more retard or if he just didn't pay attention in History class.Whatever it is Linclon didn't have slaves,infact he wasn't an ablitionist but he didn't like slavery at all! He objected to it.
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2006-10-04 19:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln would have done one thing different. He would not have hesitated destroying the enemy, no matter how loudly the other party would have whined. The end of the war would have been of paramount importance compared to polls.
2006-10-04 19:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by Pancakes 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Probably would have been assassinated too.
Intriguing question!
2006-10-04 19:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use better english!
2006-10-04 19:34:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
have his slaves get him some tea. Yes kids.... he had slaves!
2006-10-04 19:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋