Booth's Mental health

[Jenny]

I believe Booth was driven by "demons" in as much as his narcissism was so profound, that his "political" talk and writings said more about his psychology than any political reality. Narcissism is underrated; psychopaths get most of the attention, but narcissists also have no empathy and can be enormously destructive people.

I want to point out to Jenny that your signature Booth quote is a perfect example of my opinion.

"Right or wrong, God judge me, not man." - I think I see where you might be coming from there but I still don't agree. Please explain further?

Wild Bill, your post is wonderful in every way. I agree with your assessments on Booth and the war completely (that might be surprising to hear after what else I've written in this thread since everyone seems to interpret that I was saying Booth was insane).