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President Lincoln was hated mostly because of the Civil War. President Bush is hated mostly because of the war in Iraq. Both wars were fought to overthrow oppression.
The Civil War succeeded in abolishing slavery and the war in Iraq succeeded in overthrowing tyrannical oppression of Saddam Hussein.
There is one main difference between the two wars: The number of casualties. The Civil War lasted five years with casualties in the 600,000 range, almost equaling the 680,000 Americans to have died in all the wars combined (not counting the war in Iraq).
So far, the war in Iraq has lasted more than four years with between 3,000 and 4,000 American casualties. This is an average of 1,000 casualties per year.
During the Civil War, there was an average of about 120,000 casualties per year. Yes, the Civil War was fought only by Americans, however, even if you cut the casualties from the Civil War in half, it would still be a lot more casualties than the war in Iraq.
Let’s stop complaining about the war in Iraq and give President Bush a chance to defeat the terrorists in Iraq. If we withdraw now, we let the terrorists win, and we will have no peace.
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