IS WAR INEVITABLE--

Our country was born out of the Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1782.

We finished the job with the British in the War of 1812.

We fought the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848.

We fought our own Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Then there was the Spanish-American War from April to August 1898.

That was followed by World War I from 1914 to 1918.

Then came World War II from Pearl Harbor in 1941 to 1945.

That was followed by the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.

Then it was Vietnam from 1959 to 1975.

Then Desert Storm January 16 to February 27, 1991.

Then came Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 20, 2003 and continuing.

Not to mention military action in Grenada, Panama, Somalia, and Bosnia, for other examples.

And, the Cold War, a chilling face-off during which my generation grew up fearing nuclear annihilation.

I repeat my question: Is war inevitable?