The Long War drags on:

In "Julius Caesar," Brutus argues that "Th'abuse of greatness is when it disjoins / Remorse from power." Thus Lincoln, in whose character cohabited forcefulness, caution and morality, will be honored through generations, long after Bush, Obama and now Trump, the facilitators of endless war and apologists for the slaughter of innocents, are mercifully -- and justly -- consigned to oblivion.