Oh gee, but the Bush administration told us that everyone in Iraq would love and adore us.(Set Sarcasm=Off)
"Conservatives" have long pointed out that there is all the difference between banning guns with a law, and actually getting them out of the hands of criminals. So what can't "conservatives" on Free Republic (which I abandoned years ago as no longer conservative) understand that lashing out with hatred and violence at other nations, fomenting backlash and long-term animosity even while you seize an occasional weapons lab, etc., just makes the problem worse in the future?
Real progress in peace and security worldwide will be built from foundational principles lived out consistently by people who are sincere in desiring such, and by living out those principles to create a winsome atmosphere that others will seek to learn and replicate. A childish rambo mentality will not solve difficult problems, it will aggravate them. Shame on FR. You are just another faction of liberals now.