War, when we go to war in foreign lands, should be to help a people. "When our cause it is just," says the song, and so we should not go to war just because someone ruffles our feathers or thumbs their nose at us.
So, I was happy to hear from an Iraqi vet tonight, who spoke of how, when his unit arrived, the insurgents were sniper shooting at school children, but by the time the unit left, the school children were walking the school yards without being targeted by snipers.
War, when successful, leaves the people better off than it when it was entered upon.
Good to hear a success story
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