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Then doubtless Benjamin Franklin, Washington, Patrick Henry, and so forth were tin-foil wearers. I can't say I agree.

The war upon Iraq was justified primarily for reasons of national security. Other rationales are also useful here, but the U.S doesn't have an infinite supply of money, men, or will, so the other reasons (free state, ending tyranny, stopping abuses of human rights) are supports rather than prime motivators.

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Well, when I see those men in the White House, perhaps it will mark a return to their policies and ideas. Until that time, the US will most likely remain intertwined in global affairs. I think you missed the point that Franklin et al would not necessarily be tin foil wearers, but that the nature and relative size of the world TODAY precludes isolationism as an effective or even realistic policy.