>Morality is an individual concept, not governmental. When it's taken to the governmental level, it goes beyond what is and isn't right. A government cannot legislate morality. When it attempts to, it is no longer a democracy, but a theocracy.

Hi George. I wasn't referring to governments, but liberalism and conservatism as movements. As ideas that individuals subscribe to. Some examples where liberalism has taken the morally right side and conservatism has taken the morally wrong side:
- slavery
- civil rights struggle
- struggle for the equality of women

> However, this is the first instance where we involved ourselves in a pre-emptive war.

I'm not so sure. The following wars were pre-emptive
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Panama
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti_%281915-1934%29