From the great Clyde Wilson. But that estimable mag refused to publish it. Of course, LRC is delighted to remedy this oversight. “Mr. Andrew Bacevich (in the March 14 issue) makes some perceptive and wholesomely moral observations on “The Living Room War.” However, he spoils it all when he starts out by likening Ft. Sumter to Pearl Harbor and 9/11. The last two were massive sneak attacks by foreign enemies. The firing on Fort Sumter was preceded by a gentlemanly warning and was completely bloodless. It would not have happened at all if Lincoln had not dissimulated about re-enforcements and … Continue reading Letter to the American Conservative