Regarding the "illegitimacy of our policy"...

We do not choose war, war & similar entropic effects are part of nature; the second law of thermodynamics & Newtonian Physics.

Jesus Christ said (There will be wars & rumours of wars until the end of the age).
Bullmoose,

Be careful cherry-picking to make points. "percieved" was in front of that quote.

As for the lecture on choosing war versus nature, physics and religion, that may be interesting in speaking of general terms. In this case, the Bush Administration chose war.