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McClellan liked to parade and drill his troops but not fight them. Lincoln wanted him to take the offensive but he always found an excuse not to. Many historians believe that McClellan wanted the war to end, the South to rejoin the Union and be allowed to maintain slavery. Others feel that he was just a military man who maintained his popularity by minimizing casualties. Finally, Lincoln fired McLellan and the complexion of the war changed thereafter. McClellan ran against Lincoln for the Presidency in 1864. . See {633922}
The problem of African Poverty as revealed by the media has had a strong emotional effect on many, especially the images of sick and undernourished children. This quotation and {583199} are good examples of sophisticated observers calling for anything to be done even though there was doubt that it would actually help reduce the problem. Specific efforts to reduce poverty in third world nations have been unfortunately not very successful. Many have called for continual and even greatly increased efforts despite the fact that success was doubtful. A few critics objected to the waste of resources and called for radical new approaches to foreign aid.
