I've long considered Abraham Lincoln the greatest leader in U.S. history. But lately, increasingly, I've been forced to reconsider that position. Had the Union been far more punitive towards the Confederacy, I think that at the current moment, we'd all be in a far better place.
Oh dear.
So the solution to the south being vengeful today would have been more punishment in the years following the war which would not at all make them....more...vengeful? This follows the same logic as the people who think we didn't bomb Iraq enough because there are still terrorists out there.
