American Revolutionary War: Happened because the colonials didn't wish taxation without representation (the immediate cause) and overall causes of distance and George III trying to centralize the colonies.
War of 1812: Happened due to impressment
Mexican-American War: Possible war for resources although the immediate cause was over the annexation of Texas.
American Civil War: War over rebellion and slavery.
Spanish-American War: Possible war for resources although the immediate cause was the Cuban War of Independence and the explosion of the Maine.
World War I: The German U-Boats attacked American shipping.
World War II: Roosevelt tried to defend China by launching embargos against Japan. He was trying to manuver into a war but that's the only way the US could enter a war.
Korean War: A war of defence against North Korean aggression.
Vietnam War: A war of defence against North Vietnamese aggression.
First Gulf War: Partially due to oil resources but we liberated Kuwait also so why not?
Afghan War: War of self-defense against a country that was launching terrorist attacks against us.
Second Gulf War: War due to mistaken beliefs of WMD and general mistakes. Partially possibly due to il.
So of the wars of America at best one third of America's wars were over resources.
Possibly. Also possible is that a pure communist system is impossible on a large scale.
American Revolutionary War: Agreed.
War of 1812: Agreed.
Mexican-American War: I cant say that it was un-justified for the U.S. to defend Texas but the annexation of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming was un-called for. Nothing less than conquest.
American Civil War: Granted, it did bring an end to slavery in the U.S. but was at it's core a war of aggression against the Confederacy because of economics. Lincoln wanted to keep the Southern agriculture under Union control and only brought slavery into the equation in 1863.
Spanish-American War: No evidence was ever found that Spain sunk the Maine.
World War I: Germany gave warning that it would sink ships carrying military supplies to the British and although the sinkng of the Lusitania was tragic, it cant be said that it was un-provoked.
World War II: The U.S. had no business being in the war, Pearl Harbor was a tragedy but only happend because aid was being given to Allied forces.
Korean War: Although North Korea is awful and the Soviet Union was a dictatorship, the U.S. had no place involving itself in the Civil War of an other country. The only interest here was in Cold War politics.
Vietnam War: Like in Korea, the U.S. had no place interfering in a Civil War that didnt concern it. Over 500,000 American troops died and atleast 2 million Vietnamese if not more.
Gulf War: Purely for resources, the U.S. had supported Saddam Hussein in the past but turned on him when it was convenient. They did the same to Noriega.
War in Afghanistan: al-Qaeda was responsible for 9/11; an organization that uses terrorism to further a violent revisionist interpretation of Islam. Afghanistan was not responsible and the Taliban condemed the attacks.
War in Iraq: Over-zealousness and faulty information for motives that I really dont know. Six years later, thousands dead and no progress.
It's not about resources, it's about justifiable reasons. Some were, many were not. As a pacifist I see no war as having reason but ideally, the enemy must directly attack you in order for war to be declared. To declare war means to begin something that will inevitably end the life of human-beings. You had better be dead-on-balls sure that the people you go to war on are guilty of what you've accused them.
Not only is it possible, it's fact. No economic system can reasonably work on anything other than a large-scale. If it's attempted compromises will be made that lead away from the guiding principles it intended and injustices never meant to be done will happen.
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