The War of Northern Aggression was a bloody trial run for our world girding moralistic empire. Unfortunately the war was against our fellow citizens. This first cloak of Puritan moralism was used as usual, to hide the attempt to extort money and social recognition. Slavery was but the first excuse for their self aggrandizement. There have been several wars and excuses since. The Philippines was to civilize the primitives, WW1, “Make the world safe for democracy,” WW2, stop the tide of evil fascism, Cold War, stop the communist infiltration and plans for world domination, global war on terrorism, Desert 1, weapons of mass destruction, terrorists in Afghanistan to name a few more crusades. Our Puritan foreign policy can be titled “Moral Global Policing for Fun and Profit”!
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