Comparing Americas Civil War With Iraqs

I've been reading the new book "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It is a biography of Abraham Lincoln and his key advisors before and during the Civil War. I was very intrested in reading about what our own nations descent into Civil War was like now that it appears Iraq might slide into it. A key point in the lead up to the Civil War in the 1850's was the fact that politicans on both sides began to speak as if the sectional conflict had allready begun. Northerners such as Willam Seward, Charles Sumner, and Southerners like John Calhoun, and Jefferson Davis spoke of a coming conflict. In the past while some had feared Civil War politicans always publicly denied it. President Andrew Jackson a southern slave owner threatened to use troops to quiet South Carolina when it even mentioned secession. However as tension mounted politicans on both sides started talking of the "irrepressible conflict" as Seward put it. It showed the public had started to accept the idea of the civil war as a real possibility. Now in Iraq we see the same thing politicans Sunni and Shia including Prime Minister Nuri al-Malki talking of the possiblity of conflict. The violence between both sides continues. Hopefully they can avoid the last spark that will lead to all out war the next few months is key.