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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois
I believe that the founders were talking about war being fought for the sake of national interests.
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Then produce and present evidence of this. I believe they were talking about initiating war in general.
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However, this has absolutely nothing to do with todays wars, as todays wars as the ideology you oppose has a large moral component, and not just national interests. Also, the US is not weak, like it was when the founders were alive. So, their words do not apply to the wars that you are linking them to.
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There is very little "moral" component on the part of the U.S. government. What is "moral" is used strictly for propaganda to increase public support for their pre-emptive wars. The bottom line is that they are simply increasing their sphere of influence and attempting to secure economic supremacy. If they were truly "moral" as you suggest, they would not be allying with evil people, like Saddam. They were giving him weapons and money and knew all the while that he was torturing and killing innocent people in his country. But that was ok as long as he told them he was their ally. As long as he didn't do anything outside of his own country, he could sacrifice children to the "ancient blood god" for all they cared. But when he invaded Kuwait, he suddenly went from ally to "the next Hitler"...