If you want to pick an American war to emulate, choose the war of 1812, a conflict against a great power where things got spicy for a while, there was a lot of ill feeling, and then everyone went back to the status quo ante bellum and never fought again.
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A true compromise: we burn one of your major cities to the ground, and you agree to stop owning slaves (in public). Both sides brought something to the table
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Of all the takes across all the times this is one of the weirdest.
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Also, uh, we're still pretty much living in a very tenuous armistice with the South, wherein they continuously threaten to secede again every time they lose an election
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That does not sound like a world I recognize
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And people are still bitter about it.
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He's calling for the government to make concessions but frame it as a victory. The historical analogy is somewhat strained, but as a way of couching a moderate stance in enthusiastically pro-government rhetoric, I think it works.
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Two quick points on this: in case you haven’t noticed. 1) The war’s not over 2) The government isn’t winning
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