Well, we were attacked during WWII, so that was a justified war. Although, World War I was a different story. That’s why I said ‘the last 50 years’ in my previous post.
The Barbary Pirates, it could be argued, didn’t directly attack us, yet we fought them.
We were attacked on 9/11, and we have since gone after those who supported it financially or militarily.
(Ever hear of Salman Pak?)
Sticking your head in the sand does nothing.
And funny, when we intervened in Guam, there wasn’t any blowback from that.
Your broadbrush statement falls short of the mark.