"Liberty"

Recently my son-in-law and I had a discussion about the war. He thinks it is a waste of resources so that Bush and his friends "can profit" from the war. It got me to thinking.

What is the common thread that runs through all of the wars that the US has participated in?

Its liberty!

In each case we fought to give humanity relief from tyrannical and oppressive policies. When the US forgot that in Vietnam we succumbed to our own baseness; the "me" philosophy. If it doesn't effect {and sometimes affect} "me" it is not right. This is what separates liberals and conservatives. If you don't see the difference; there is not enough space here to explain it. You were asleep in American history class and you must go back and learn our history.