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In reply to the discussion: American Foreign Policy – Have Our War Lovers Learned Anything? [View all]indepat
(20,899 posts)spread of godless communism and kept most of the dominoes from falling. More lately, America has taken upon itself moral authority to go to war against terror, more specifically godless terrorism perpetrated by radical Islamics, and in the process, employed its God-given right to launch pre-emptive wars of aggression, considering the entire world as a battlefield wherein America could launch its advanced weaponry against any known/suspected terrorist. Sadly, for more than 60 years, the powers to be seem to have never fully assessed what our nation has wrought, for instance, how many our forces have killed or maimed on their own soil. And how many Americans have been killed or maimed in this righteous crusade, how many, like I, have lost someone very important in their lives in some far away place while keeping us safe in the homeland?