Saddam Hussein promised the mother of all battles. Napoleon had his Waterloo. Custer had the Little Big Horn. Japan paid the price for Pearl Harbor. What’s there to know? It’s governments. Leaders influenced by elites.
A Lew Rockwell column written by a fella named Chuck Burris brings up all lies that led us into our wars. Thought provoking but I have to say that war is unavoidable in different peoples. Throw in the minerals in the ground of 3rd world countries and it gets worse. We are at war with all muslims. No oil would make them non-threatening.
Leaders influenced by elites.....Leaders influenced by corporations, banks and greed.
I think this sums it up, although the commodities and/or, treasures sought, have changed.
The Banana Wars: How The U.S. Plundered Central America On Behalf Of Corporations
https://allthatsinteresting.com/banana-wars
During the Banana Wars of the early 20th century, the U.S. military toppled regimes and massacred thousands to keep U.S. business booming.
spent 33 years and four months in active military service,” an American veteran named Smedley Butler once wrote, “and during that period, I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers.”
And the one person who kept all of this at bay was voted out of office in November 2020.