It often seems to me that the only reason for war is to secure our leaders a place in history. I would think that most people can name the leadres their country had in times of war but who can name the leader whose term of office was marked by peace prosperity and absolutely no crisis at all. Our leaders need crisis and war to justify their extremely expensive existance. They are the ones who say WE must fight and I am the right person to send YOU to die so that others may remember ME.