Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.
Barack ObamaWhen any kind of military action is popular it's because either there's been a very clear, direct threat to us - 9/11 - or an administration uses various hooks to suggest that American interests were directly threatened - like in Panama or Grenada. And sometimes, those hooks are more persuasive than others, but typically, they're not put before Congress.
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