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This war is "justified" in my view in many ways. One is:
We are like a retired boxer. We sat on the sidelines while the world took punches at us. Most of the punches came from the middle east. For good reason.
The world governments have created a mess over there. Chopping up countries over oil reserves and supporting "Nationals" Ruling families that do nothing but rape there own people of self worth. We supported this nonsense and still do.
But at some point (I believe now) we have to show the middle east what a democratic system like ours can do for people who feel they have little power to change their future. Give them a way see their dreams become a possibility. It's the Marshal Plan 2.0. Yes, it is a grand experiment, but what the hell. While we are there let take out a brutal regeim.
America is easy to knock around when one holds the idealist view. We have so much and control so much more. We expect countries we help and control with our cash to do our bidding - as we should.
What is a world with out America? When the U.N won't take action to stop the fighting in Bosnia - who does the world call? When Turkey has an earthquake in a major metropolitan area - who flies in food and supplies? We do lots of good for lots of people and we are hated for it. AND Yes, we give billions of dollars to countries only to have them spend those same billions on weapons of war we build. We are not perfect and we are hated for it. So goes the life of the top dog.
We were born great, we have achieved greatness and now we force our greatness on others.