Peace is not the abscence of war...peace is the abcsence of fear along with the abscence of war.
The USA defeated the Mexican army and let the Mexican's keep Mexico.
The USA defeated the Confederacy and allowed them to regain their statehood and citizenship.
The USA defeated the Kaiser and retuned Europe to the Europeans.
The USA defeated the Nazis and Italian fascists and returned Europe to the Europeans (again), Egypt to the Egytptians, Ethiopia to the Ethiopians, and the Middle East to the Middle Easterners.
The USA defeated the Land of the Rising Sun and returned Japan to the Japanese, China to the Chinese, Viet Nam to the Vietnamese, Cambodia to the Cambodians, Laos to the Laotians, Korea to the Koreans, and Thailand to the Thais.
The USA defeated the Iraqi army in Kuwait, captured the Kuwaiti and Iraqi oil fields, and then returned Kuwait to the Kuwaitis and Iraq to the Iraqis.
The USA defeated the Taliban and returned Afghanistan to the Afghanis.
The USA was the defender of Europe against Soviet expansionism for 2 generations.
The USA is the only country to airdrop food to a nation while it fought it's military.
The USA is the only country to conquer another and then rebuild their infrastructure instead of plundering what little wealth remained and then subjugate the people.
The USA is the largest importer of refugees from other lands and has the smallest emmigration rate of any nation in history.
Our nation is about to once again go to war to defend our interests AND the interests of our Allies while most nations shake with fear at the latest Fuehrer du jour.
Forget the oil fields and the wealth. If we wanted them we had them taken before and what did we do? We stuck around to repair the damage inflicted by the aggressor and went went home.
As a former soldier I can tell you that only a fool WANTS war. OTOH sometimes the alternative to war now is an even more deadly conflict later. Shame on those who refused to stop the Fascists early on to avoid bloodshed and then**** over 100,000,000 souls to death.
"We have sought and struggled to maintain peace. Our opponents have demanded and settled for nothing less than wanton bloodshed and war. For this I will see that they get all they can stomach."-Abraham Lincoln-
PEACE