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akuma587 on 17 February 2009
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Kasz216 said:

Also... i'll say it again. There is no way the South could of won the civil war.

There were numerious issues where the North would ALWAYS come out winning in the end, just about no matter who was in charge.

The South had way too many disadvantages.

Had they got in another James Buchanon... sure they would of given up.

But put MOST presidents in Lincolns place. I say most presidents would of pulled it out.

Including even George W Bush.

Which is what i find funny.  Replace Lincoln with George W Bush....

and George W Bush is suddenly America's greatest president because he was at the right place at the right time.  Same stupid decision making skills... but they would of paid off.

Are you kidding me?  The South simply had to not lose.  The North had to win.

The South had the advantage that they weren't trying to advance on the North per se.  The North had to retake the entirety of the South to actually have won the war.

It was like the British fighting the American colonies.  We didn't win because we legitimately "won", we won because it became far too burdensome for the British to wage a war on us while they had so much to worry about at home while fighting with France.  We just happened to get lucky.

While the South did have some disadvantages in terms of their supplies and industry, you aren't painting an accurate picture of what was at stake and how much the North had to accomplish to defeat the South.

The North had to win.  The South simply had to not lose.

 



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