War...what is it good for?

Native americans used to head buffalo off of a cliff. As long as they got the leaders to fall over the cliff, they knew the rest would follow with no hesitation. People can be the same way. In "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson the towns follow the tradition of the lottery mostly because it's what the generation ahead of them did. In smaller towns, and older society's, the elders had alot of power because they were respected.
Respect and tradition can make something that is plain crazy to the ouside world seem normal to those raised in such a manner. Take for instance polygamy, crazy to most people; normal to those raised in such a manner. To some people eating a grub would definately lead to vomiting; to those raised on grubs, it would just be another meal.
No society, no matter how civilized, is exempt from this. In the United States, all criminals are innocent until proven guilty. This applies for rapist, murders, or even terrorist. However, when American citizens cross over into foreign soil, the value of human life is much less. Men and women not old enough to handle an alcoholic beverage are given the task of deciding who lives and who dies. War is all that is needed to justify this barbaric task. These men and women are judge, jury, and exocutioner. There is no trial, there is not innocent until proven guilty. There is a teenager, an M-16, and a trigger finger. How is this justified?
America has a superiority complex, the need to police the world. The ten indivuals in Haiti accused of kidnapping are trying to get moved to American soil, with the support of the US government. Trying them here would be the best in the eyes of our government. Reverse the situation and it's not so pretty. If Haitians were in New Orleans trying to take children back home with them, after hurricane Katrina, to their beautiful tropical paradise, this would not be "rescuing" them with would be kidnapping plain and simple. A life is a life is a life. Who has the right to say life on foreign soil is worth anthing less that life on American soil ,and yet most Americans adopt this thinking blindly.