content: The U.S. was never in Rwanda. The media just wrung their hands about how terrible it all was but we never intervened. There was a year or two here and there in the 80s and 90s when we couldn't really be said to be at war. In the 80s they would just grumble about the communists when they wanted us to be scared of somebody. In the 90s they would say Saddam was acting up again and go drop a few bombs on Iraq, or maybe try invading Somalia for a lark. In general your statement is accurate though - I'm not sure what America at peace would look like. The media and politicians seem to need us to have an enemy - to the extent that there is disturbing evidence that they have actively been grooming ISIS for the role.