The veneer that religion places over conflict would lead people to believe that wars are exempt from religious bias and practice. They are not. There are many preachers and rabbis in American religious institutions who hearken back to St. Augustines precept of "Just wars" which is a oxymoron. There are no just wars. The innocent is victimized as the "enemy". The old testament "time to kill" is another ancient rationalization for one of the most destructive activities that could finish mankind as a species.

This "just wars" attitude informs the policy of the U.S. regardless of the type of war.

The "Great War" is a misnomer when you consider that Afghanistan is the longest war ever perpetrated.

Somehow, this rationalization was a religious and political move that insinuated itself
by clerics into the realm of religious thought.