See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_War and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr to understand the United States religious backing for war. Too bad the reigning expert on Reinhold Niebuhr, father Dr. Gary Dorrien at Columbia University, chastise the neoconservatives and Bush. They are a bunch of corrupt coles (sic) running around, and their soles will surely burn wherever they set their feet. http://newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm