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with a theater full of witnesses?
Commander in chief is not a soldier
As an act of war I would think yes. Leaders are the first you go for.with a theater full of witnesses?
Commander in chief is not a soldier
Witnesses are not the issue. Everyone agrees booth killed L. But was it justified as part of war.?
CIC is not a soldier? Tell that to a jury.
Lee surrendered a week before lincoln's death but that did not end the war as Lee's troops were just part of the confederate army. The war ended about a month after the assassination so at the time he was shot, lincoln was still the commander in chief, and thus a soldier, of a nation at war and thereby fair game for anyone from the other side.
with a theater full of witnesses?
Commander in chief is not a soldier
Witnesses are not the issue. Everyone agrees booth killed L. But was it justified as part of war.?
CIC is not a soldier? Tell that to a jury.
The commander in chief is not a soldier.
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Lee surrendered a week before lincoln's death but that did not end the war as Lee's troops were just part of the confederate army. The war ended about a month after the assassination so at the time he was shot, lincoln was still the commander in chief, and thus a soldier, of a nation at war and thereby fair game for anyone from the other side.
Booth was not a soldier- and neither was Lincoln.
Booth was a murderer and would have been hung like those who were found guilty of conspiring with him were.
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but lincoln was assuredly a war criminal for allowing and encouraging sherman, sheridan, et al, free reign to murder, rape and rob civilians, burn down their homes and businesses, steal their property and wreck their infrastructure.
Then he sent in occupying forces and provisional military "governors" to make sure the south continued to be punished and have no voice in political matters...
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but lincoln was assuredly a war criminal for allowing and encouraging sherman, sheridan, et al, free reign to murder, rape and rob civilians, burn down their homes and businesses, steal their property and wreck their infrastructure.
Then he sent in occupying forces and provisional military "governors" to make sure the south continued to be punished and have no voice in political matters...
That's not what this thread is about but no question you are right about L being a war criminal. How did he get away with it? He shut down 300 newspapers that criticized the war and threw into prison 15,000 Union citizens that opposed the war. He even had congressman clement valandigham DEPORTED for opposing the war. Along with war criminal, L was a dictator and booth was right to call him a tyrant right after he shot him.
The commander in chief is not a soldier.
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You keep saying that but have no argument for it. Any reasonable juror would think L was indeed a soldier.
Booth wasn't wearing a uniform, so could be summarily shot as a spy.You keep saying that but have no argument for it. Any reasonable juror would think L was indeed a soldier.The commander in chief is not a soldier.
]Booth wasn't wearing a uniform, so could be summarily shot as a spy.
So what? Lincoln was dead. As the actual history shows, the people looking for Booth didn't much care if they brought him back dead.Maybe but then again, Lincoln never conceded the confederacy was a separate country. He always said the southerners were in rebellion but still americans. Booth didn't think that but lincoln did.]Booth wasn't wearing a uniform, so could be summarily shot as a spy.
]So what? Lincoln was dead. As the actual history shows, the people looking for Booth didn't much care if they brought him back dead.
How could he have beaten the charge? They executed people who were part of the plot, why not the actual shooter? I don't think your reasoning makes much sense.They wanted him dead. They knew booth had a fair chance of beating the charge for the reason i gave. They also suspected there were Union officials involved in the assassination and dead men tell no tales.]So what? Lincoln was dead. As the actual history shows, the people looking for Booth didn't much care if they brought him back dead.
so you consider president obama a soldier?The commander in chief is not a soldier.
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You keep saying that but have no argument for it. Any reasonable juror would think L was indeed a soldier.
Lee surrendered a week before lincoln's death but that did not end the war as Lee's troops were just part of the confederate army. The war ended about a month after the assassination so at the time he was shot, lincoln was still the commander in chief, and thus a soldier, of a nation at war and thereby fair game for anyone from the other side.
