There have been many wars in US history where both Democrats and Republicans were unified in the goals and reasons for going to war.
I can think of many examples where the Democratics were less inclined to be involved, either from the beginning or at some point during the conflict.
However, I cannot think of a single instance where the Republicans were ever opposed to a war that involved US troups, but that the Democrats were in favor.
Is going to war a predominantly Republican trait?
The GOP didn’t like Kosovo too much, which was ironically probably our most successful intervention in recent history.
I don’t know how true that is. WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam were all solidly begun under Democrat presidents. IIRC, the Pubs were not eager to intervene in both WWI and II, being on the isolationist side.
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However, I cannot think of a single instance where the Republicans were ever opposed to a war that involved US troups, but that the Democrats were in favor.
Is going to war a predominantly Republican trait?
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I don’t think the OP has done his/her homework on this one.
When Democrats do it, it’s “nation-building” (i.e., welfare writ large). When Pubbies do it, it’s “bringing freedom” to the oppressed of the world.
Also note Kosovo’s lack of rich, grateful donors, and rich, easily-exploitable resources.
Depends how you define “successful”. It had the intended short-term effect, but Kosovo isn’t any less of a mess now. The West just prefers to look the other way at ethnic cleansing when Serbs (and Roma, and other unpopular minorities) are the victims rather than the perpetrators.
How much were Republicans compared to Democrats (any others?) forceful about not going into WWII and favourable to Hitler ? I always thought isolationism was pretty prevalent since politicians didn’t want to go against general voters views. I know that a lot of americans thought Hitler was the solution to Stalin… but which americans ?
Two men who would later become Republican Presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, were very much against the Mexican American War. Lincoln was in the house at the time and, called for then President Polk’s impeachment over the matter.
I don’t recall – were the Pubs for or against Clinton’s decision to intervene in Somalia?
They’d probably have to have been a minority, given that the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor and the fact that the Cold War hadn’t even started yet.
Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh come to mind.
Heh, not much mention of that at the Henry Ford Museum, let me tell you. Still, they both fully supported the war effort once war was declared.
Sorry pal, but that was George HW Bush who made the decision to intervene in Somalia in December 1992. Bill Clinton inherited the mess when he was inaugurated in January 1993.
AKA U.S. National Interests.:big grin:
So the Pubbies voted for it before they voted against it. 
As I recall from that time, there was quite a bit of dissent from the republicans when Bush decided to send troops to Somalia. IIRC congress was in the hands of Democrats at the time, and Bush promised to deliver aid and get out.
I am pretty sure there was significant objection from Republicans concerning Clinton’s decisions regarding staying and expanding the mission. I seem to recall a good deal of criticism from Republican quarters towards Clinton for that.
Over the nineties this objection led to the “Mission Creep” and “Nation Building” charges that George Bush used against Gore.