It is fashionable in certain circles to think of the acquisition of American land as a brutal and unjust conquest that evicted civilized landowners like you and me from their property. Need I say which political agenda these "circles" subscribe to? Don't be fooled by them. You don't "own" your land because you inherited it from a thief; you own it because you inherited (or bought) it from someone who acquired it as a well-earned result of his toil and his spirit of enterprise.
You presume that I believe all wars are unjust. I do not.
I believe the civilization of America by force was a just enterprise in general.
I believe the Revolutionary war was just.
My ancestors were pioneers and tamed wild lands and fought with Indians. Their cause was just.
They also fought tyrannical powers in Washington who sought to force them to fight in the Civil War. [Missouri was to remain neutral. They fought against Lincoln in the Missouri Brigades.] Their cause was just.
They have fought in every major war since.
That is why it is important that we never enter a conflict unless it is just. That is why it is important that when we do enter a conflict we plan to win completely and conquer the enemy, and completely deprive him of the opportunity to regain strength and strike back.
That is why it was a mistake to engage Saddam Hussein without conquering him in 1991.
"When you strike a king kill him".
The terrorists must learn this lesson, be they Al Queda or Hamas.
I didn't go as far as to think that. I just reacted to your comment about how American land was obtained which, it appeared to me, had been influenced by the liberal notion of the "unjust conquest of Indian land." Glad to hear it isn't so.