Lincoln saved the Union. The union won WW2 . Won the space race. Won the cold war. It kept western Europe free from soviet occupation. Americans have a lot to be proud of. Imperfect as it is I say, God bless the Union.
I've had Southerners say that the Civil war was a power grab. I was told that we were before the Civil war, a group of separate countries working together, like the EU. The word state, in all but the US means a country.
And the Soviet Union saved the Russian/Soviet Peoples from the Fascist enslavement of their peoples; and tried to establish a just, sustainable and scientific equity of humanity...
@@nickhomyak6128 Sure, through enslavement, mass poltical purges, and genocide. Countless millions were relocated to prison GULAG Camps or labor colonies. And Countless millions more died through purges and targetted starvation.
Oh my God. It was a war, not a law enforcement. Lincoln had to authority to suspend habeus corpus if the nation was threatened. Indeed. The nation was threatened. He did what was necessary. And the Emancipation Proclamation was more than legal, it was just, humane, and necessary. Human beings are not, and never should have been property. I am a 10th generation Alabamian. At least three of my great grandfathers fought for the Confederacy. I honor their brave sacrifice, but they were wrong.
that you feel your kin were wrong; is part of the reason that the War will never ever be forgotten! They were Not wrong! Slavery died in the world of natural causes; but here 1.3 million had to lose their lives! SW Virginian Fr. Art Orth priest
@@catherinekelly532 The Confederates were absolutely wrong. The Confederates had the power to bring slavery to a peaceful end on their own terms and instead it took the war to force them to.
Trump has precedence on his side. People are about to wake up. Who is the first arrest? Durham? Today he was asked where Durham is and he said ‘MIA’...
His racist friend Lew Rockwell's hate-filled website received Paul's first 'Freedom Website Award.' His newsletters match perfectly with his voting record, his opposition to the Civil Rights Act & the Voting Rights Act, his sympathy for the Confederacy & "State's Rights," with the fact that he's said businesses should be free to discriminate against minorities. This is all quite familiar to anyone who knows anything about the Civil Rights movement. And this is why white supremacists LOVE R Paul.
You've taken a most just exception to me, K. Let me present the facts then. Ron Paul had a racist & anti-semitic newsletter that went out under his name, with his signature, written in the first person, published by his friend Mark Elam's company M&M Graphics & Advertising. The subscription manager Jean McIver workd for his campaign. Between May-Oct. 96 many Texas papers covered the story & he never denied the articles, only saying they had been taken out of context.
@RPenta, I agree with your opinion on WW-I and Wilson, our interference tipped the balance of power and ensured the Germans would receive a raw deal, as Germany declined it created a climate of desperation, fertile ground for extremist groups, unfortunately the Nazis took advantage of this.
The blockade of southern ports was in effect a declaration of war? Nonsense! Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution grants CONGRESS the power to declare war. The President, meanwhile, derives the power to direct the military after a CONGRESSIONAL declaration of war from Article II, Section 2, which names the President Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
ETI College - The first clear act of war was the firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces. Arguments about “declaration of war” are irrelevant, because, although a declaration can initiate war, war can exist as a fact without a declaration. President Jefferson did not ask Congress for a declaration before attacking the Barbary pirates, and Congress did not issue one, because the war was already a fact. To understand this point as regards the blockade, one must read the US Supreme Court opinion in the Prize Cases.
He voted against giving a Congressional Medal of Honor to Rosa Parks although he attempted to INTRODUCE legislation to give medals to EVERY veteran of the cold war - metals which would have been federally-funded. He then lies & says the Parks medal would've been unconstitutional although it was awarded to Washington & other revolutionary war heroes (who knew more about the constitution than Paul)...
@Xenu What has the Civil War to do with "isolationism"? Nothing. As to Nazi Germany, IF Woodrow Wilson had allowed the European Powers to decide WW1 themselves, there would have been no Nazi regime in Germany nor possibly Communist regime in Russia. I am not a Libertarian so I disagree with them on economic and environmental issues. Clinton, Bush(es) and Obama are not Libertarians and have scarred the American working class with reckless abandon
Umm, the first Russian revolution occurred prior to (or simultaneous) with the US entering the war; US involvement had nothing to do with what happened in Russia. It's hard to tell what would've happened in Europe without US intervention; the social fabric of that continent had been torn apart already. Germany militarism still would've been extant and there would probably still be a second world war, but maybe without the Nazi horrors. As for your last paragraph, you didn't go far enough back. Reagan did his share to scar the working class as well.
Lincoln saved the Union. The union won WW2 . Won the space race. Won the cold war. It kept western Europe free from soviet occupation. Americans have a lot to be proud of. Imperfect as it is I say, God bless the Union.
I've had Southerners say that the Civil war was a power grab. I was told that we were before the Civil war, a group of separate countries working together, like the EU. The word state, in all but the US means a country.
Pat Scott the question is what keeps a PRESIDENT from becoming a dictator .
And the Soviet Union saved the Russian/Soviet Peoples from the Fascist enslavement of their peoples; and tried to establish a just, sustainable and scientific equity of humanity...
@@James-qk3nh Specified and Separate Powers. Democratically elected members of Congress. Impeachment.
@@nickhomyak6128 Sure, through enslavement, mass poltical purges, and genocide. Countless millions were relocated to prison GULAG Camps or labor colonies. And Countless millions more died through purges and targetted starvation.
Amen
Oh my God. It was a war, not a law enforcement. Lincoln had to authority to suspend habeus corpus if the nation was threatened. Indeed. The nation was threatened. He did what was necessary. And the Emancipation Proclamation was more than legal, it was just, humane, and necessary. Human beings are not, and never should have been property. I am a 10th generation Alabamian. At least three of my great grandfathers fought for the Confederacy. I honor their brave sacrifice, but they were wrong.
that you feel your kin were wrong; is part of the reason that the War will never ever be forgotten! They were Not wrong! Slavery died in the world of natural causes; but here 1.3 million had to lose their lives! SW Virginian Fr. Art Orth priest
Congress can suspend Habeus Corpus, not the President.
@@BrokeBrad1 War powers?
@@catherinekelly532 The Confederates were absolutely wrong. The Confederates had the power to bring slavery to a peaceful end on their own terms and instead it took the war to force them to.
Oversimplifications abound
Who’s here bc of the 2020 Trump/Biden Election?
Trump has precedence on his side. People are about to wake up. Who is the first arrest? Durham? Today he was asked where Durham is and he said ‘MIA’...
@@KyleRollinsMammothSolutions how many people know? When will it be told?
I am, in anticipation of DJT enacting Insurrection Act (the way is paved by his 2018 EO regarding election interference.)
@@billyguitar8908 How'd that work out?
If people read the Bible and the Slavery laws. 7 years was how long you were slaved and after that you were free.
Every traitor was a Democrat
His racist friend Lew Rockwell's hate-filled website received Paul's first 'Freedom Website Award.' His newsletters match perfectly with his voting record, his opposition to the Civil Rights Act & the Voting Rights Act, his sympathy for the Confederacy & "State's Rights," with the fact that he's said businesses should be free to discriminate against minorities. This is all quite familiar to anyone who knows anything about the Civil Rights movement. And this is why white supremacists LOVE R Paul.
War powers aren't in the Constitution? Neither is "right to privacy."
Miller Jason Clark Betty Brown Maria
Emancipation didn’t free anyone…
Walker Margaret Garcia Helen Taylor Richard
You've taken a most just exception to me, K. Let me present the facts then. Ron Paul had a racist & anti-semitic newsletter that went out under his name, with his signature, written in the first person, published by his friend Mark Elam's company M&M Graphics & Advertising. The subscription manager Jean McIver workd for his campaign. Between May-Oct. 96 many Texas papers covered the story & he never denied the articles, only saying they had been taken out of context.
@RPenta,
I agree with your opinion on WW-I and Wilson, our interference tipped the balance of power and ensured the Germans would receive a raw deal, as Germany declined it created a climate of desperation, fertile ground for extremist groups, unfortunately the Nazis took advantage of this.
The blockade of southern ports was in effect a declaration of war? Nonsense! Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution grants CONGRESS the power to declare war. The President, meanwhile, derives the power to direct the military after a CONGRESSIONAL declaration of war from Article II, Section 2, which names the President Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
ETI College - The first clear act of war was the firing on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces. Arguments about “declaration of war” are irrelevant, because, although a declaration can initiate war, war can exist as a fact without a declaration. President Jefferson did not ask Congress for a declaration before attacking the Barbary pirates, and Congress did not issue one, because the war was already a fact.
To understand this point as regards the blockade, one must read the US Supreme Court opinion in the Prize Cases.
He voted against giving a Congressional Medal of Honor to Rosa Parks although he attempted to INTRODUCE legislation to give medals to EVERY veteran of the cold war - metals which would have been federally-funded. He then lies & says the Parks medal would've been unconstitutional although it was awarded to Washington & other revolutionary war heroes (who knew more about the constitution than Paul)...
who's "He?"
@Xenu What has the Civil War to do with "isolationism"? Nothing. As to Nazi Germany, IF Woodrow Wilson had allowed the European Powers to decide WW1 themselves, there would have been no Nazi regime in Germany nor possibly Communist regime in Russia.
I am not a Libertarian so I disagree with them on economic and environmental issues. Clinton, Bush(es) and Obama are not Libertarians and have scarred the American working class with reckless abandon
Umm, the first Russian revolution occurred prior to (or simultaneous) with the US entering the war; US involvement had nothing to do with what happened in Russia. It's hard to tell what would've happened in Europe without US intervention; the social fabric of that continent had been torn apart already. Germany militarism still would've been extant and there would probably still be a second world war, but maybe without the Nazi horrors.
As for your last paragraph, you didn't go far enough back. Reagan did his share to scar the working class as well.
Whithout USA Germany would win WW I
God, how much better the world would have been.