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(Fort Sumpter under attack. Image courtesy American Public University)
The rebels had to fire on the unarmed ship, didn’t they? They could not permit a hostile fort to sit in their midst and be reinforced.
Mr. Lincoln got his act of aggression, and a justification to save the Union, though of course the garrison fell.
That is the way these things work, and you would think smart people could figure it out.
But I suppose that is why they call them intelligence failures.
Copyright 2010 Vic Socotra
www.vicsocotra.com
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