Those are really old-fashioned justifications. In the first place, "land" hasn't been the motivating resource for over a century. USA has plenty of land. Now th

Those are really old-fashioned justifications. In the first place, "land" hasn't been the motivating resource for over a century. USA has plenty of land. Now that we also have plenty of petroleum, it's easier to see what the real motivation for war has been for at least 70 years: transferring resources to armaments manufacturers, and thence to their puppets in politics and news media. All of our public discourse about security etc. is a manufactured farce, subordinate to the basic goal of churning blood into money.