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Ah, but how you are confused....

WORLD WAR 1
United States President Woodrow Wilson declared a U.S. policy of absolute neutrality on the same day Britain declared war, 4 August, an official stance that would last until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare - which seriously threatened America's commercial shipping (which was in any event almost entirely directed towards the Allies led by Britain and France) - forced the U.S. to finally enter the war on 6 April 1917.

WORLD WAR 2
"Yesterday, 7 December 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
President Roosevelt, 12/8/41

We did not start these wars. Our enemies did. Saddam likewise created the conflict with America when he occupied Kuwait in 1991, and refused to comply with U.N. demands for his immediate withdrawl. It is true that a former American mabassador to Iraq told Hussein, on the eve of his invasion, that the United States would "take no interest" in his impending military action. However, only a fool would have taken this mans words as official policy. Saddam severely underestimated American concern with the delicate balance of the Middle East.

The events of Sept. 11th clearly justify our actions in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan. However, American intelligence has failed to show a clear link between members of Al Quaida and the Iraqui regim. Do not blur the two conflicts by suggesting a connection absent of evidence. A second Gulf War would be motivated by a policy of pre-emption. The fear is that Saddam could, at some point in the future, either launch a direct nuclear/biological attack, or supply terrorist cells with these weapons.

We should have ousted him from power in 1991, when his military machine was crippled and his global support waning. However, for political reasons, Bush Sr. signed a desperate Iraqui-offered cease fire with American troops only miles from Baghdad.