The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
There have been only 268 of the past 3 421 years free of war.
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
In every society in human history including the United States those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.
