First Gulf war was about oil ... don't forget we gave Saddam permission to invade Kuwait ... as well as mustard gas his own people.  Battle of the bulge, Gettyburg - Lincoln gave a great speech but let's top kidding ourselves the Civil War or the War Between the States was initially about the abomination of slavery.  The Great War was about the empires of two cousins ... both Christian ... both constitutional monarchies ... over colonies.  It wasn't until the British/American propaganda model was targeted at the American people ... because their initial instinct to stay out of this mess in my opinion was right ... that popular opinion was swayed so the USA sent troops.  As previously stated - its financial institutions and other war profiteers were already making huge profits.  And the horrors of WWII would not have happened without the vindictive settlement from WWI - the War to end all wars. 

We need to stop this insanity.