I don't know. It's not because we're kind people who want to do good in the world, though, I know that for sure.
On this matter, I don't see any difference between Barack Obama staging a coalition to throw us into another costly war with another petty dictator, and George W. Bush staging a coalition to throw us into another costly war with a different petty dictator.
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1776 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist
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1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher
Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo, nothing more.
At least this will be a useful one. And it is hallowed by the Pope!