Bush Attempted To Destroy Laws Of War That Lincoln Created: Slate

Bush Attempted To Destroy Laws Of War That Lincoln Created: Slate

One of Abraham Lincoln's little-noted accomplishments has become his most unlikely legacy. He helped create the modern international rules that protect civilians, prevent torture, and limit the horrors of combat, the body of law known as the laws of war. Indeed, he was probably our most important law-of-war president, having crafted the very rules that George W. Bush and his Justice Department tried to destroy.

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