Originally Posted by Oxymoron

Lets see US foriegn policy history:

Invade Mexico take huge amount of land from them.
Invade Florida make it a state.
Start a war with Spain to gain Cuba,Puerto Rico,Phillipenes,Guadal Canal etc...

I think your wearing pink color glasses my friend. What we said about the Soviets was due to the cold war not because we had moral high ground. We are humans and as such we will continue doing things which are in our interests.