Confucius Quote - Modern Government

The Confucius quote I picked was "The gentleman understands what is moral, the small man understands what is profitable." This says a lot about the difference between choosing actions that lead to profit alone, and the ones that are moral and profitable. I would direct this quote towards the members of our government, in regards to their choices regarding war. There are many was the US was involved with that people will argue was unnecessary (Iraq, Afghanistan). While it's admirable that the US feels the need to play the peacemaker, that isn't the effect of what joining a war does. The funding for a war is astronomical, and our economy had been plunging for a while now. Soldiers can be off fighting in the Middle East with high-tech weapons, but we have countless Americans who are starving, unemployed, or homeless. There's no denying that the US is a strong country, but is it a moral one? The decisions made by past presidents may go against that.