Ah, dear Prunus Dessicatus (may I call you Pru?)
And America's excuse for invading North Korea
Please get your history right. North Korea invaded S. Korea, and nearly overran Seoul before the UNITED NATIONS forces pushed the dictator Kim family beck where they belonged.
And America's excuse for invading Vietnam.
Please get your history right. N.Vietnam started to try to impose their version of Marxist-Leninism on their southern neighbours (a corrupt lot, but that's no excuse) The legitimate government invited the US in as advisers, and it escalated from there. There was no invasion, US soldiers didn't set foot in N. Vietman
And America's excuse for invading Panama.
Arguable. Did they pack up and leave after the operation?
And America's excuse for invading Grenada.
Same again
And America's excuse for invading Iraq.
I'll give you that one. Not that Saddam didn't deserve it, blatantly ignoring several UN resolutions. The gross error was going in with no 'what next' plan.
And America's excuse for invading Afghanistan.
The excuse was 3,000 dead in the WTC destruction, and the Afghans happily sheltering the guys who planned it, and planned lots more. Mind you, they could have taken lessons from history and said 'Now what' before going in. Identifying and bombing the training camps, and staying out might have been a cheaper long term plan.
There's always an excuse. Usually the same one.
As above. Different ones each time. Maybe similar outcomes.