[St.Chuck]

Actually, none of the wars that you list were fought with the motives that you suggest. Maybe you should refrain from calling people idiots. :o)

[ClearCase_guy]

I tried not to get into motives in my post. Why we fought the Civil War is an interesting question -- but no matter what motive tickles your fancy, the fact remains: if someone is 100% against war, then then American Civil War would not have been fought, and the slaves would not have been freed.

Likewise, why we fought Germany after Japan attacked us is an interesting thing to discuss. But apart from the discussion, the fact remains: without American intervention a great many more Jews would have died in death camps created for the purpose of genocide.

And I will maintain that we went to Iraq for purposes of regime change. We went there to free 26 million Iraqis.

I hope your not sorry we did that.