tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post1469821912692019090..comments2023-07-15T02:18:38.947-07:00Comments on Contrarian Views: Learning From LincolnDavid M. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720778073616293157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post-3716824198904465912007-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:002007-06-09T19:29:00.000-07:00Ooops. I guess I should have read the actual arti...Ooops. I guess I should have read the actual article before commenting :-)Rick and Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651723970981358664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post-25809305455823120382007-06-09T13:56:00.000-07:002007-06-09T13:56:00.000-07:00Hi Rick,I think you may have misinterpreted the pi...Hi Rick,<BR/><BR/>I think you may have misinterpreted the piece; at least as I interpreted it. Kristol isn’t comparing America now to America during the Civil War. He is comparing America now to America 20 years before the Civil War. He is also comparing America now, 60+ years after WWII, to America then, 60+ years after the American Revolution. I think his comparison is apt. We are a country on a precipice that could go either way. <BR/><BR/>I really didn’t post the piece for the comparison. (Perhaps I posted the wrong excerpt) I post it to demonstrate Lincoln’s leadership, which I mentioned in my previous piece, and which seems to be missing in America now.David M. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720778073616293157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10512467.post-38176512730141682642007-06-08T15:35:00.000-07:002007-06-08T15:35:00.000-07:00Hi David -- Doesn't this strike you as an absurd e...Hi David -- Doesn't this strike you as an absurd exaggeration? A band of kooks flies two planes into 2 Manhattan office buildings, and we "face challenges almost as daunting as those confronting the nation" when we practically destroyed ourselves? When 2% of our population killed each other -- the equivalent of 6 million Americans killing each today? <BR/><BR/>"The perpetuation of freedom in the world is no more certain today than was the perpetuation of our free institutions then." Come on! Freedom has much more momentum now than it ever has, because of its manifest advantages in economy and technology.Rick and Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651723970981358664noreply@blogger.com