[DugwayDuke]

“He is “spot on,” in saying that we have no business waging war to change other people’s cultures.”

You don’t think we changed the ‘culture’ of Japan and Germany following WWII? We certainly do have the right to change the culture of any country who resorts to violence against us if no other reason than to make sure we don’t have to whip their butts a second time.

[Ohioan]

The Bush 2nd Inaugural Address did not limit the implications to those that you suggest.

Again, let George Washinton's admonitions in his Farewell Address, answer the arguments of the interventionists, in the precise context of the President's address:

George Washington's Answer To President Bush.

William Flax

[taxed2death]

“You don’t think we changed the ‘culture’ of Japan and Germany following WWII? “

Nukes have a way of coalescing ones thoughts and making one more receptive to another POV.

LOL