I agree with what you said but wanted to point out an additional interesting reality. Your point about us going to war for profit is true, but it's ONLY true for the companies that comprise the military industrial complex. The State itself doesn't make a profit, in fact we have massive deficits partly because of how much we spend on the military. This is weakness of a representative democracy like we have. Our leaders have a "Renters" mentality. Their objective is to get elected and will often promise things that are long term bad for the country to do so. This doesn't only happen happen with the military though. Our deficit spending on the Medicare / Medicade & Social Security is also out of control. In fact, we could be spending literally 0 dollars on the military and still be running a deficit. But it's easier to get elected if you promise free stuff and so our politicians do it, even if long term it's going to kill the country.