The Civil War was never about slavery, that's just Yankee propaganda. The Emancipation Proclamation was not meant to free slaves, but to disrupt the South's economy, thus making it much much harder for them to fight a war. Thats why it only freed the slaves in the states that were part of the confederacy.
Also, as you said, in WWII we were allied with Russia and England, which were 2 huge world powers. Also, they were a sovereign nation, being invaded and asking for our help. That is not the case today. It is more similar to the Gulf War where Kuwait asked for our help and we lead a true alliance to help them. Today, we may be in a "coalition" with England, but the US is doing the vast majority of the work. That is not a true alliance.
Like I said before, I believe it is good that we deposed an autocratic dictator and think we should do it all over the world, but I am just sad that we went about it in the wrong way.
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