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Submitted by joseph Kane, May 11, 2007 02:38

What a great story out of history. I have read a great deal about the Civil War and never came across this. It is truly one for the ages and for this particular age we are living in.


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Angela De Marco 

May 15, 2007 13:55

I am sure Lincoln had better plans for America than to shed the blood of a whole generation, but shed... [MORE]

John Simpson 

May 12, 2007 21:21

I hope that President Bush will take heart from the strength of President Lincoln and his rebuke of the Chicago... [MORE]

gordo 

May 12, 2007 14:00

The proverbial nail must be smarting as it was hit right square on the head! [MORE]

Mike Dixon 

May 12, 2007 12:30

Bush? Lincoln?? Please. [MORE]

Ken Bronfenbrenner 

May 12, 2007 12:24

The comparison of the Iraqi invasion to the American Civil War would be a joke if we didn't have 3400-plus... [MORE]

Jeffrey Abelson 

May 12, 2007 10:03

The U.S. needs to begin negotiations with our allies to reduce its troop levels throughout the world. Withdrawals of 25,000... [MORE]

howard lohmuller 

May 12, 2007 09:26

The congressional people who went to the President to complain and attempt to placate some people in their districts thinking... [MORE]

Rogers Marshall 

May 12, 2007 08:37

As the casualties in Iraq mount, many see this war as too costly to sustain. Yet drunk drivers kill more... [MORE]

Mike Slay 

May 12, 2007 08:03

Mr Slay, I dont know if any one in your family/friends are in this war , and their relatives praying... [MORE]

NS 

May 12, 2007 21:52

to compare Bush's little adventure in Iraq to the Civil War. Let's try to remember: This war was Bush/Cheney's desire; Saddam... [MORE]

NoOneYouKnow 

May 17, 2007 15:02

Many Democrats like Hillary, Reid and Pelosi have called Iraq a distraction from the war against Al Qaeda. Yet Al... [MORE]

John SImpson 

May 12, 2007 04:00

"If we do not have the will to stomach a prolonged war against our sworn mortal enemies in Iraq, how... [MORE]

NS 

May 12, 2007 22:11

I remember 9-11 and how the destruction of New York was shown on television and our President George Bush visited... [MORE]

Gerry Hodges Hackley 

May 12, 2007 00:44

Thank you New York Sun for the magnificant editorial. You restore my faith in journalist excellence which is so terribly... [MORE]

Lynn Campbell 

May 11, 2007 22:12

Beautifully to the point. Thank you. [MORE]

KL duPre' 

May 11, 2007 21:49

I am getting an online subscription with the Sun today simply because of this editorial. It is the best I... [MORE]

David Kleykamp 

May 11, 2007 21:30

...is that Wendt and Medill were honorable men. The same cannot be said of those who were all for the... [MORE]

John Clifford 

May 11, 2007 21:22

Such a nonsensical comparison. This war is lost because the American people have no desire to sacrifce anything. We don't... [MORE]

Rick Schwag 

May 11, 2007 20:29

50 years from now, when nobody remembers the NY Times, another visage will be right there alongside Lincoln. And it... [MORE]

sherlock 

May 11, 2007 20:10

The Sun may think it doesn't matter who the "pleaders" are, but the fact is that while Lincoln may have... [MORE]

Michael Wilkerson 

May 11, 2007 17:38

More than a lesson from history, as Mr. Kane suggests, this is a shining example of the position that circumstance... [MORE]

Edmundo Balderrama 

May 11, 2007 16:37

SIMPLY BRILLIANT Great job....RCL [MORE]

Ralph Logan 

May 11, 2007 15:49

Heart-wrenching because it is exactly the spot President Bush has been put into. [MORE]

helen benedict 

May 11, 2007 16:46

History can help us make good decisions about our future and will help us have courage to fight the battle... [MORE]

roy crosby 

May 11, 2007 15:00

Will people never look back at history? Bush is very courageous in the face of the nation's newspapers. Thank God... [MORE]

LEO KHANDJIAN 

May 11, 2007 10:32

God bless president Lincoln and president Bush. May our current efforts be crowned with success. May the Iraqi people achieve... [MORE]

Doug Santo 

May 11, 2007 10:16

I am disappointed and ashamed to admit that my representative from southeast Missouri is among those so-called "Republicans" who have... [MORE]

M. J. Slayton 

May 11, 2007 09:48

requires a leap of imagination I doubt anyone posesses. [MORE]

gregdn 

May 11, 2007 09:45

I find this article to be a good analogy of what is going on today. The press wields great power... [MORE]

Kim Baldinger 

May 11, 2007 09:44

America is involved in the Middle East as the result of the long ago actions of two Democrat Presidents. When... [MORE]

Claude Bogardus 

May 11, 2007 09:21

I sure wish President Bush and other Bush suppoters would get this point across to those that think leaving Iraq... [MORE]

James Robbins 

May 11, 2007 09:18

I understand the direction of this article, however, I also understand we live in a far different world than that... [MORE]

RJ 

May 11, 2007 08:50

Author(s) are to be commended for their knowledge of history and its direct applicability to the lily-livered, weak-kneed, traitorous Congresscritters... [MORE]

Kevin Coughlin 

May 11, 2007 08:41

We are there and we have to finish the job..there is an old expression.."When the going gets tough, the tough... [MORE]

Robert Royce 

May 14, 2007 14:23

If the (some) republicans think that president Bush has lost support from the majority of the voting republicans and force... [MORE]

Armando Lopez 

May 11, 2007 08:08

What a great story out of history. I have read a great deal about the Civil War and never came...

joseph Kane 

May 11, 2007 02:38

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