One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties,

Eadora · Oct 4, 2015

I see the topic concerning the bombing of the Afghan Hospital has been closed
I OPEN IT AGAIN _ IT CAN’T - IT SHALL NOT BE HIDDEN

When will the people who so easily inhale US media absurdities and make Excuse & Apology
............................................ for such Crime – tire of such overt American NEO CON hypocrisy ?

American hypocrites whine & complain when the Russki Bear claw their ISIS/AlQueda Proxies

YET
One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties,
................. the U.S. Bombs a Hospital in Afghanistan
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/03...-u-s-bombs-a-hospital-in-the-war-obama-ended/

MSF General Director Christopher Stokes said the charity was “disgusted”
by statements made by Afghan officials who justified the attack by saying that
the MSF hospital in Kunduz had been used as a ‘Taliban base,’

“These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze
to the ground a fully functioning hospital with more than 180 staff and patients inside
because they claim that members of the Taliban were present."

This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the vacant claims of
[color=#fffffff]....[/color] the US government that they attempt to minimize collateral damage in their Geo Political
................................................................................................................................. aggressions.

How much more transparent can NAKED careless Fool Azz murder get ?

http://www.rt.com/news/317495-strike-hospital-hit-nato/

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Jeannette · Oct 5, 2015

Eadora said: ↑

I see the topic concerning the bombing of the Afghan Hospital has been closed
I OPEN IT AGAIN _ IT CANT - IT SHALL NOT BE HIDDEN

When will the people who so easily inhale US media absurdities and make Excuse & Apology
............................................ for such Crime tire of such overt American NEO CON hypocrisy ?

American hypocrites whine & complain when the Russki Bear claw their ISIS/AlQueda Proxies

YET
One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties,
................. the U.S. Bombs a Hospital in Afghanistan
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/03...-u-s-bombs-a-hospital-in-the-war-obama-ended/

MSF General Director Christopher Stokes said the charity was disgusted
by statements made by Afghan officials who justified the attack by saying that
the MSF hospital in Kunduz had been used as a Taliban base,

These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze
to the ground a fully functioning hospital with more than 180 staff and patients inside
because they claim that members of the Taliban were present."

This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the vacant claims of
[color=#fffffff]....[/color] the US government that they attempt to minimize collateral damage in their Geo Political
................................................................................................................................. aggressions.

How much more transparent can NAKED careless Fool Azz murder get ?

http://www.rt.com/news/317495-strike-hospital-hit-nato/

.
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Isn't it amazing that after spreading lies about Russia causing civilian casualties, something which appeared on sites even before the jets had permission to bomb, Washington ends up bombing a hospital in Afghanistan.

Coincidence, or a deliberate act by the Washington sociopaths, who somehow thrive on how much they can get away with. When Assad was accused of a chemical attack in Syria, the only hope the rebels had of winning was for Nato to bomb Damascus. Even more ridiculous than Assad using chemical weapons when he was winning, was that he would use them when the UN inspectors were there. Yet that didn't prevent Obama and Kerry from saying Assad was to blame.

Frankly I'm waiting for the headlines to say: 'Putin killed the doctors', because in our topsy turvy Orwellian world, something is wrong only when you can't convince people otherwise. Lies and manipulations, have now become super virtues.

Ethereal · Oct 5, 2015

The US government apologists are going to avoid this one like the plague.

cerberus · Oct 5, 2015

Jeannette said: ↑

Isn't it amazing that after spreading lies about Russia causing civilian casualties, something which appeared on sites even before the jets had permission to bomb, Washington ends up bombing a hospital in Afghanistan.

Coincidence, or a deliberate act by the Washington sociopaths, who somehow thrive on how much they can get away with. When Assad was accused of a chemical attack in Syria, the only hope the rebels had of winning was for Nato to bomb Damascus. Even more ridiculous than Assad using chemical weapons when he was winning, was that he would use them when the UN inspectors were there. Yet that didn't prevent Obama and Kerry from saying Assad was to blame.

Frankly I'm waiting for the headlines to say: 'Putin killed the doctors', because in our topsy turvy Orwellian world, something is wrong only when you can't convince people otherwise. Lies and manipulations, have now become super virtues.
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And I'm waiting for the headlines to say 'Russia has bombed a playground/air raid shelter/a school bus/a baby milk factory/a 'wedding party' . . . (you name it!), and that Assad eats babies for breakfast.

Kiwi33 · Oct 5, 2015

Eadora said: ↑

I see the topic concerning the bombing of the Afghan Hospital has been closed
I OPEN IT AGAIN _ IT CAN’T - IT SHALL NOT BE HIDDEN

When will the people who so easily inhale US media absurdities and make Excuse & Apology
.............................. .............. for such Crime – tire of such overt American NEO CON hypocrisy ?

American hypocrites whine & complain when the Russki Bear claw their ISIS/AlQueda Proxies

YET
One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties,
................. the U.S. Bombs a Hospital in Afghanistan
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/03...-u-s-bombs-a-hospital-in-the-war-obama-ended/

MSF General Director Christopher Stokes said the charity was “disgusted”
by statements made by Afghan officials who justified the attack by saying that
the MSF hospital in Kunduz had been used as a ‘Taliban base,’

“These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze
to the ground a fully functioning hospital with more than 180 staff and patients inside
because they claim that members of the Taliban were present."

This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the vacant claims of
[color=#fffffff]....[/color] the US government that they attempt to minimize collateral damage in their Geo Political
.............................. .............................. .............................. .............................. ......... aggressions.

How much more transparent can NAKED careless Fool Azz murder get ?

http://www.rt.com/news/317495-strike-hospital-hit-nato/

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If who doesn't know, the lie about allegedly victims among civilians - in the first day of bombardment by the Russian aircraft.

First the BBC news - An activist group has said France's first air strike on Islamic State (IS) militants in Syrian territory killed 30, including 12 child soldiers.

(good guys French, killed fighters of the ISIL)

At once, same day, Ukrainian promotion site unian.ua/search/?text_search=Внаслiдок+бомбард увань+
wrote, in Syria 30 civilians and 12 children from the Russian airstrikes were lost.

This Ukrainian fake the site, took article from THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Russia carries out first Syria airstrikes near Homs. Putin says strikes will target Islamic State jihadis before they ‘come to us’; at least 30 rebels, 12 child soldiers reported killed.http://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-killed-in-syria-airstrikes-after-russia-okays-operations/
(Israel already writes about good 30 rebels, 12 child soldiers - which are at war against Assad)
Here such fakes from THE TIMES OF ISRAEL and the Ukrainian unian.ua
[video=youtube;DhYTLXXTp3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhYTLXXTp3M[/video]

Texas Republican · Oct 5, 2015

On behalf of the U.S., I apologize for Obama's actions. He's a one-world-government, radical socialist and he doesn't know how to conduct war correctly.

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

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Eadora said: ↑

I see the topic concerning the bombing of the Afghan Hospital has been closed
I OPEN IT AGAIN _ IT CAN’T - IT SHALL NOT BE HIDDEN

When will the people who so easily inhale US media absurdities and make Excuse & Apology
............................................ for such Crime – tire of such overt American NEO CON hypocrisy ?

American hypocrites whine & complain when the Russki Bear claw their ISIS/AlQueda Proxies

YET
One Day After Warning Russia of Civilian Casualties,
................. the U.S. Bombs a Hospital in Afghanistan
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/03...-u-s-bombs-a-hospital-in-the-war-obama-ended/

MSF General Director Christopher Stokes said the charity was “disgusted”
by statements made by Afghan officials who justified the attack by saying that
the MSF hospital in Kunduz had been used as a ‘Taliban base,’

“These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze
to the ground a fully functioning hospital with more than 180 staff and patients inside
because they claim that members of the Taliban were present."

This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the vacant claims of
[color=#fffffff]....[/color] the US government that they attempt to minimize collateral damage in their Geo Political
................................................................................................................................. aggressions.

How much more transparent can NAKED careless Fool Azz murder get ?

http://www.rt.com/news/317495-strike-hospital-hit-nato/

.
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The civilian casualty numbers speak for themselves in both Iraq and Afghanistan: the US has drastically reduced troops and strikes, and the civilian casualties continue to increase. That's what happens when Iran and Syria funnel loads of radicals and arms in for a decade.

Anything to prevent peace...just like their Palestine strategy. How can so many people be fooled for so long by these 2 regimes?

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

Jeannette said: ↑

Isn't it amazing that after spreading lies about Russia causing civilian casualties, something which appeared on sites even before the jets had permission to bomb, Washington ends up bombing a hospital in Afghanistan.

Coincidence, or a deliberate act by the Washington sociopaths, who somehow thrive on how much they can get away with. When Assad was accused of a chemical attack in Syria, the only hope the rebels had of winning was for Nato to bomb Damascus. Even more ridiculous than Assad using chemical weapons when he was winning, was that he would use them when the UN inspectors were there. Yet that didn't prevent Obama and Kerry from saying Assad was to blame.

Frankly I'm waiting for the headlines to say: 'Putin killed the doctors', because in our topsy turvy Orwellian world, something is wrong only when you can't convince people otherwise. Lies and manipulations, have now become super virtues.
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Smart bombs. Who invented them? Do you prefer to go back to the days that ALL nations carpet bombed? If not, how about a little respect for US efforts, because what other nation in the history of the planet devoted effort to reduce civilian casualties in war? Please enlighten me.

Sly Lampost · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Smart bombs. Who invented them? Do you prefer to go back to the days that ALL nations carpet bombed? If not, how about a little respect for US efforts, because what other nation in the history of the planet devoted effort to reduce civilian casualties in war? Please enlighten me.
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Okay, I will. Gulf war 1 casualties approx 800,000 of which 500,000 innocent civilians. For starters. EWe could progress onto the Vietnam War if you wish - Agent Orange and all that?

So to answer your question with a question: what other nation in history has had more wars or engaged in more military interventions than the USA?

Extraterritorial and major domestic deployments[edit]
Portions of this list are from the Congressional Research Service report RL30172.[1]

1775–1799[edit]
1775–83 – American Revolutionary War: an armed struggle for secession from the British Empire by the Thirteen Colonies that would subsequently become the United States.

1776–77 – Second Cherokee War: a series of armed conflicts when the Cherokee fought to prevent the encroachment of American settlers into eastern Tennessee and eastern Kentucky; under British rule, this land had been preserved as native territory.

1776–94 – Chickamauga Wars: a continuation of the Second Cherokee War that included a larger number of native tribes attempt to halt the expansion of settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee

1785–95 – Northwest Indian War: a series of battles with various native tribes in present-day Ohio. The goal of the campaign was to affirm American sovereignty over the region and to create increased opportunities for settlement.

1786–87 – Shays' Rebellion: a Western Massachusetts debtor's revolt over a credit squeeze that had financially devastated many farmers. The federal government was fiscally unable to raise an army to assist the state militia in combating the uprising; the weakness of the national government bolstered the arguments in favor of replacing the Articles of Confederation with an updated governmental framework.

1791–94 – Whiskey Rebellion: a series of protests against the institution of a federal tax on the distillation of spirits as a revenue source for repaying the nation's war bonds. The revolt was centered upon southwestern Pennsylvania, although violence occurred throughout the Trans-Appalachian region.

1798–1800 – Quasi-War: an undeclared naval war with France over American default on its war debt. An additional mitigating factor was the continuation of American trade with Britain, with whom their former French allies were at war. This contest included land actions, such as that in the Dominican Republic city of Puerto Plata, where U.S. Marines captured a French vessel under the guns of the forts. Congress authorized military action through a series of statutes.[1]

1799–1800 – Fries' Rebellion: a string of protests against the enactment of new real estate taxes to pay for the Quasi-War. Hostilities were concentrated in the communities of the Pennsylvania Dutch.

1800–1809[edit]
1801–05 – First Barbary War: a series of naval battles in the Mediterranean against the Kingdom of Tripoli, a quasi-independent state of the Ottoman Empire. Action was in response to the capture of numerous American ships by the infamous Barbary pirates. The federal government rejected the Tripolitan request for an annual tribute to guarantee safe passage, and an American naval blockade ensued. After the seizure of the USS Philadelphia, American forces under William Eaton invaded coastal cities. A peace treaty resulted in the payment of a ransom for the return of captured American soldiers and only temporarily eased hostilities.[1]

1806 – Action in Spanish Mexico: The platoon under Captain Zebulon Pike invaded Spanish territory at the headwaters of the Rio Grande on orders from General James Wilkinson. He was made prisoner without resistance at a fort he constructed in present-day Colorado, taken to Mexico, and later released after seizure of his papers.[RL30172]

1806–10 – Action in the Gulf of Mexico: American gunboats operated from New Orleans against Spanish and French privateers off the Mississippi Delta, chiefly under Captain John Shaw and Master Commandant David Porter.[1]

1810–1819[edit]
1810 – West Florida (Spanish territory): Governor William C. C. Claiborne of Louisiana, on orders of President James Madison, occupied with troops territory in dispute east of the Mississippi as far as the Pearl River, later the eastern boundary of Louisiana. He was authorized to seize as far east as the Perdido River.[RL30172]

1812 – Amelia Island and other parts of east Florida, then under Spain: Temporary possession was authorized by President James Madison and by Congress, to prevent occupation by any other power; but possession was obtained by General George Mathews in so irregular a manner that his measures were disavowed by the President.[RL30172]

1812–15 – War of 1812: On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war against the United Kingdom. Among the issues leading to the war were British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, interception of neutral ships and blockades of the United States during British hostilities with France. [RL30172]

1813 – West Florida (Spanish territory): On authority given by Congress, General Wilkinson seized Mobile Bay in April with 600 soldiers. A small Spanish garrison gave way. Thus U.S. troops advanced into disputed territory to the Perdido River, as projected in 1810. No fighting.[RL30172]

1813–14 – Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia): U.S. forces built a fort on the island of Nuku Hiva to protect three prize ships which had been captured from the British.[RL30172]

1814 – Spanish Florida: General Andrew Jackson took Pensacola and drove out the British forces.[RL30172]

1814–25 – Caribbean: Engagements between pirates and American ships or squadrons took place repeatedly especially ashore and offshore about Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Yucatán. Three thousand pirate attacks on merchantmen were reported between 1815 and 1823. In 1822, Commodore James Biddle employed a squadron of two frigates, four sloops of war, two brigs, four schooners, and two gunboats in the West Indies.[RL30172]

1815 – Algiers: The Second Barbary War was declared against the United States by the Dey of Algiers of the Barbary states, an act not reciprocated by the United States. Congress did authorize a military expedition by statute. A large fleet under Captain Stephen Decatur attacked Algiers and obtained indemnities.[RL30172]

1815 – Tripoli: After securing an agreement from Algiers, Captain Decatur demonstrated with his squadron at Tunis and Tripoli, where he secured indemnities for offenses during the War of 1812.[RL30172]

1816 – Spanish Florida: United States forces destroyed Negro Fort, which harbored fugitive slaves making raids into United States territory.[RL30172]

1816–18 – Spanish Florida – First Seminole War: The Seminole Indians, whose area was a haven for escaped slaves and border ruffians, were attacked by troops under General Jackson and General Edmund P. Gaines and pursued into northern Florida. Spanish posts were attacked and occupied, British citizens executed. In 1819 the Floridas were ceded to the United States.[RL30172]

1817 – Amelia Island (Spanish territory off Florida): Under orders of President James Monroe, United States forces landed and expelled a group of smugglers, adventurers, and freebooters. This episode in Florida's history became known as the Amelia Island Affair.[RL30172]

1818 – Oregon: The USS Ontario dispatched from Washington, which made a landing at the mouth of the Columbia River to assert US claims. Britain had conceded sovereignty but Russia and Spain asserted claims to the area.[RL30172] Subsequently, American and British claims to the Oregon Country were resolved with the Oregon Treaty of 1846.[RL30172]

1820–1829[edit]
1820–23 – Africa: Naval units raided the slave traffic pursuant to the 1819 act of Congress. [RL30172][Slave Traffic]

1822 – Cuba: United States naval forces suppressing piracy landed on the northwest coast of Cuba and burned a pirate station.[RL30172]

1823 – Cuba: Brief landings in pursuit of pirates occurred April 8 near Escondido; April 16 near Cayo Blanco; July 11 at Siquapa Bay; July 21 at Cape Cruz; and October 23 at Camrioca.[RL30172]

1824 – Cuba: In October the USS Porpoise landed sailors near Matanzas in pursuit of pirates. This was during the cruise authorized in 1822.[RL30172]

1824 – Puerto Rico (Spanish territory): Commodore David Porter with a landing party attacked the town of Fajardo which had sheltered pirates and insulted American naval officers. He landed with 200 men in November and forced an apology. Commodore Porter was later court-martialed for overstepping his powers.[RL30172]

1825 – Cuba: In March cooperating American and British forces landed at Sagua La Grande to capture pirates.[RL30172]

1827 – Greece:[2] In October and November, landing parties hunted pirates on the Mediterranean islands of Argentiere (Kimolos), Myconos, and Andros.[RL30172]

1830–1839[edit]
1831–32 – Falkland Islands: Captain Silas Duncan of the USS Lexington attacked, looted and burned the Argentine town of Puerto Soledad in Malvinas islands. This was in response to the capture of three American sailing vessels which were detained after ignoring orders to stop depredation of local fishing resources without permission from the Argentine government. Subsequently the islands were invaded by the UK in 1833 remaining to this day.[RL30172]

1832 – Attack on Quallah Battoo: Sumatra, Indonesia – February 6 to 9, U.S. forces under Commodore John Downes aboard the frigate USS Potomac landed and stormed a fort to punish natives of the town of Quallah Battoo for plundering the American cargo ship Friendship.[RL30172]

1833 – Argentina: October 31 to November 15, A force was sent ashore at Buenos Aires to protect the interests of the United States and other countries during an insurrection.[RL30172]

1835–36 – Peru: December 10, 1835 to January 24, 1836 and August 31 to December 7, 1836, Marines protected American interests in Callao and Lima during an attempted revolution.[RL30172]

1835–42 – Florida Territory: United States Navy supports the Army's efforts at quelling uprisings and attacks on civilians by Seminole Indians. Government's efforts to relocate the Seminoles to west of the Mississippi are hindered by 7 years of war.

1838 – The Caroline affair on Navy Island, Canada: After the failure of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 favoring Canadian democracy and independence from the British Empire; William Lyon Mackenzie and his rebels fled to Navy Island where they declared the Republic of Canada. American sympathizers sent supplies on the SS Caroline, which was intercepted by the British and set ablaze, after killing one American. It was falsely reported that dozens of Americans were killed as they were trapped on board, and American forces retaliated by burning a British steamer while it was in U.S. waters.

1838–39 – Sumatra (Indonesia): December 24, 1838 to January 4, 1839, A naval force landed to punish natives of the towns of Quallah Battoo and Muckie (Mukki) for depredations on American shipping.[RL30172]

1840–1849[edit]
1840 – Fiji Islands: In July, naval forces landed to punish natives for attacking American exploring and surveying parties.[RL30172]

1841 – McKean Island (Drummond Island/Taputenea), Gilbert Islands (Kingsmill Group), Pacific Ocean: A naval party landed to avenge the murder of a seaman by the natives.[RL30172]

1841 – Samoa: On February 24, a naval party landed and burned towns after the murder of an American seaman on Upolu.[RL30172]

1842 – Mexico: Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, in command of a squadron long cruising off California, occupied Monterey, California, on October 19, believing war had come. He discovered peace, withdrew, and saluted. A similar incident occurred a week later at San Diego.[RL30172]

1843 – China: Sailors and marines from the St. Louis were landed after a clash between Americans and Chinese at the trading post in Canton.[RL30172]

1843 – Africa: From November 29 to December 16, four United States vessels demonstrated and landed various parties (one of 200 marines and sailors) to discourage piracy and the slave trade along the Ivory Coast, and to punish attacks by the natives on American seamen and shipping.[RL30172]

1844 – Mexico: President Tyler deployed U.S. forces to protect Texas against Mexico, pending Senate approval of a treaty of annexation (which was later rejected). He defended his action against a Senate resolution of inquiry.[RL30172]

1846–48 – Mexican–American War: On May 13, 1846, the United States recognized the existence of a state of war with Mexico. After the annexation of Texas in 1845, the United States and Mexico failed to resolve a boundary dispute and President Polk said that it was necessary to deploy forces in Mexico to meet a threatened invasion.

The war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848. The treaty gave the U.S. undisputed control of Texas, established the U.S.–Mexican border of the Rio Grande, and ceded to the United States the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming. In return, Mexico received US$18,250,000 (about $497,000,000 in 2015)[3] — less than half the amount the U.S. had attempted to offer Mexico for the land before the opening of hostilities.[RL30172]

1849 – Smyrna (İzmir, Turkey): In July, a naval force gained release of an American seized by Austrian officials.[RL30172]

1850–1859[edit]
1851 – Ottoman Empire: After a massacre of foreigners (including Americans) at Jaffa in January, a demonstration by the Mediterranean Squadron was ordered along the Turkish (Levantine) coast.[RL30172]

1851 – Johanna Island (modern Anjouan, east of Africa): In August, forces from the U.S. sloop-of-war Dale exacted redress for the unlawful imprisonment of the captain of an American whaling brig.[RL30172]

1852–53 – Argentina: February 3 to 12, 1852; September 17, 1852 to April 1853: Marines were landed and maintained in Buenos Aires to protect American interests during a revolution.[RL30172]

1853 – Nicaragua: March 11 to 13, US forces landed to protect American lives and interests during political disturbances.[RL30172]

1853–54 – Japan: Commodore Matthew Perry and his expedition made a display of force leading to the "opening of Japan".[RL30172]

1853–54 – Ryūkyū and Bonin Islands (Japan): Commodore Matthew Perry on three visits before going to Japan and while waiting for a reply from Japan made a naval demonstration, landing marines twice, and secured a coaling concession from the ruler of Naha on Okinawa; he also demonstrated in the Bonin Islands with the purpose of securing facilities for commerce.[RL30172]

1854 – China: April 4 to June 17, American and English ships landed forces to protect American interests in and near Shanghai during Chinese civil strife.[RL30172]

1854 – Nicaragua: On July 9–15, naval forces bombarded and burned San Juan del Norte (Greytown) to avenge an insult to the American Minister to Nicaragua.[RL30172]

1855 – China: On May 19–21, U.S. forces protected American interests in Shanghai and, from August 3 to 5 fought pirates near Hong Kong.[RL30172]

1855 – Fiji Islands: From September 12 to November 4, an American naval force landed to seek reparations for attacks on American residents and seamen.[RL30172]

1855 – Uruguay: On November 25–29, United States and European naval forces landed to protect American interests during an attempted revolution in Montevideo.[RL30172]

1856 – Panama, Republic of New Grenada: On September 19–22, U.S. forces landed to protect American interests during an insurrection.[RL30172]

1856 – China: From October 22 to December 6, U.S. forces landed to protect American interests at Canton during hostilities between the British and the Chinese, and to avenge an assault upon an unarmed boat displaying the United States flag.[RL30172]

1857–58 – Utah War: The Utah War was a dispute between Mormon settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government. The Mormons and Washington each sought control over the government of the territory, with the national government victorious. The confrontation between the Mormon militia and the U.S. Army involved some destruction of property, but no actual battles between the contending military forces.

1857 – Nicaragua: April to May, November to December. In May, Commander Charles Henry Davis of the United States Navy, with some marines, received the surrender of William Walker, self-proclaimed president of Nicaragua, who was losing control of the country to forces financed by his former business partner, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and protected his men from the retaliation of native allies who had been fighting Walker. In November and December of the same year United States vessels USS Saratoga, USS Wabash, and Fulton opposed another attempt of William Walker on Nicaragua. Commodore Hiram Paulding's act of landing marines and compelling the removal of Walker to the United States, was tacitly disavowed by Secretary of State Lewis Cass, and Paulding was forced into retirement.[RL30172]

1858 – Uruguay: From January 2 to 27, forces from two United States warships landed to protect American property during a revolution in Montevideo.[RL30172]

1858 – Fiji Islands: From October 6 to 16, a marine expedition with the USS Vandalia killed 14 natives and burned 115 huts in retaliation for the murder of two American citizens at Waya.[RL30172] [Vandalia 1] [Vandalia 2]

1858–59 – Ottoman Empire: The Secretary of State requested a display of naval force along the Levant after a massacre of Americans at Jaffa and mistreatment elsewhere "to remind the authorities (of the Ottoman Empire) of the power of the United States."[RL30172]

1859 – Paraguay: Congress authorized a naval squadron to seek redress for an attack on a naval vessel in the Paraná River during 1855. Apologies were made after a large display of force.[RL30172]

1859 – Mexico: Two hundred United States soldiers crossed the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexican nationalist Juan Cortina.[RL30172] [1859 Mexico]

1859 – China: From July 31 to August 2, a naval force landed to protect American interests in Shanghai.[RL30172]
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The US loves war war and hates jaw jaw....

Sly Lampost · Oct 5, 2015

continuing...

18601869[edit]
1860 Angola, Portuguese West Africa: On March 1, American residents at Kissembo called upon American and British ships to protect lives and property during problems with natives.[RL30172]

1860 Colombia, Bay of Panama: From September 27 to October 8, naval forces landed to protect American interests during a revolution.[RL30172]

186165 American Civil War: A major war between the United States (the Union) and eleven Southern states which declared that they had a right to secession and formed the Confederate States of America.

1863 Japan: July 16, Naval battle of Shimonoseki: The USS Wyoming retaliated against a firing on the American vessel Pembroke at Shimonoseki.[RL30172]

1864 Japan: From July 14 to August 3, naval forces protected the United States Minister to Japan when he visited Yedo to negotiate concerning some American claims against Japan, and to make his negotiations easier by impressing the Japanese with American power.[RL30172]

1864 Japan: From September 4 to 14, naval forces of the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands compelled Japan and the Prince of Nagato in particular to permit the Straits of Shimonoseki to be used by foreign shipping in accordance with treaties already signed.[RL30172]

1865 Panama: On March 9 and 10, US forces protected the lives and property of American residents during a revolution.[RL30172]

186577 Southern United States Reconstruction following the American Civil War: The South is divided into five Union occupation districts under the Reconstruction Act.

1866 Mexico: To protect American residents, General Sedgwick and 100 men in November obtained surrender of Matamoros, on the border state of Tamaulipas. After three days he was ordered by US Government to withdraw. His act was repudiated by the President.[RL30172]

1866 China: From June 20 to July 7, US forces punished an assault on the American consul at Newchwang.[RL30172]

1867 Nicaragua: Marines occupied Managua and Leon.

1867 Formosa (island of Taiwan): On June 13, a naval force landed and burned a number of huts to punish the murder of the crew of a wrecked American vessel.

1868 Japan (Osaka, Hiolo, Nagasaki, Yokohama, and Negata): February 4 to 8, April 4 to May 12, June 12 and 13. US forces were landed to protect American interests during a civil war (Boshin War) in Japan.[RL30172]

1868 Uruguay: On February 78, and 1926, US forces protected foreign residents and the customhouse during an insurrection at Montevideo.[RL30172]

1868 Colombia: In April, US forces protected passengers and treasure in transit at Aspinwall during the absence of local police or troops on the occasion of the death of the President of Colombia.[RL30172]

18701879[edit]
1870 Battle of Boca Teacapan: On June 17 and 18, US forces destroyed the pirate ship Forward, which had been run aground about 40 miles up the Teacapan Estuary in Mexico.[RL30172]

1870 Kingdom of Hawaii: On September 21, US forces placed the American flag at half-mast upon the death of Queen Kalama, when the American consul at Honolulu would not assume responsibility for so doing.[RL30172]

1872 Korea: Shinmiyangyo June 10 to 12, A US naval force attacked and captured five forts to force stalled negotiations on trade agreements and to punish natives for depredations on Americans, particularly for executing the crew of the General Sherman and burning the schooner (which in turn happened because the crew had stolen food and kidnapped a Korean official), and for later firing on other American small boats taking soundings up the Salee River. [RL30172]

1873 Colombia (Bay of Panama): May 7 to 22, September 23 to October 9. U.S. forces protected American interests during hostilities between local groups over control of the government of the State of Panama.[RL30172]

187396 Mexico: United States troops crossed the Mexican border repeatedly in pursuit of cattle thieves and other brigands.[RL30172]

1874 Honolulu Courthouse Riot: From February 12 to 20, detachments from American vessels were landed to protect the interests of Americans living in the Kingdom of Hawaii during the coronation of a new king.[RL30172]

1876 Mexico: On May 18, an American force was landed to police the town of Matamoros, Mexico, temporarily while it was without other government.[RL30172]

1878 Lincoln County, New Mexico: On July 1519, during the Battle of Lincoln (187 (part of the Lincoln County War) 150 cavalry-men arrived from Fort Stanton, under the command of Lieutenant George Smith (later Colonel Nathan Dudley) to assist the Murphy-Dolan Faction in attacking the Lincoln County Regulators vigilante group. 5 dead, 828 wounded.[citation needed]

18801889[edit]
1882 Egyptian Expedition: July 14 to 18, American forces landed to protect American interests during warfare between British and Egyptians and looting of the city of Alexandria by Arabs.[RL30172]

1885 Panama (Colón): January 18 and 19, US forces were used to guard the valuables in transit over the Panama Railroad, and the safes and vaults of the company during revolutionary activity. In March, April, and May in the cities of Colón and Panama, the forces helped reestablish freedom of transit during revolutionary activity (see Burning of Colón).[RL30172]

1888 Korea: June, A naval force was sent ashore to protect American residents in Seoul during unsettled political conditions, when an outbreak of the populace was expected.[RL30172]

1888 Haiti: December 20, A display of force persuaded the Haitian Government to give up an American steamer which had been seized on the charge of breach of blockade.[RL30172]

188889 Samoan crisis; First Samoan Civil War; Second Samoan Civil War: November 14, 1888 to March 20, 1889, US forces were landed to protect American citizens and the consulate during a native civil war.[RL30172]

1889 Kingdom of Hawaii: July 30 and 31, US forces at Honolulu protected the interests of Americans living in Hawaii during an American led revolution.[RL30172]

18901899[edit]
1890 Argentina: A naval party landed to protect US consulate and legation in Buenos Aires.[RL30172]

1890 South Dakota: December 29, Soldiers of the US Army 7th Cavalry killed 178 Sioux Amerindians following an incident over a disarmament-inspection at a Lakota Sioux encampment near Wounded Knee Creek. 89 other Amerinds were injured, 150 were reported missing; Army casualties were 25 killed, 39 wounded.[citation needed]

1891 Haiti: US forces sought to protect American lives and property on Navassa Island.[RL30172]

1891 Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations: July 2 to October 5, Naval forces sought to stop seal poaching.[RL30172]

1891 Itata Incident: US and European naval forces intercepted and detained a shipment of arms sent to the Congressionalist forces in the Chilean Civil War.

1891 Chile: August 28 to 30, US forces protected the American consulate and the women and children who had taken refuge in it during a revolution in Valparaíso.[RL30172]

1892 Homestead Strike: On July 6, Striking miners attack Pinkerton National Detective Agency agents attempting to break the strike by bringing non-union workers to the mine. 6,000 Pennsylvania state militiamen sent to reinstate law and order. 16 dead, 2747 wounded

1892 Wyoming: April 11 to April 13, U.S. Cavalry sent to breakup a gun battle at the TA Ranch. Johnson County War

1893 Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom: January 16 to April 1, Marines landed in Hawaii, ostensibly to protect American lives and property, but many believed actually to promote a provisional government under Sanford B. Dole. This action was disavowed by President Cleveland, and the United States apologized in 1993.[RL30172]

1894 Nicaragua: July 6 to August 7, US forces sought to protect American interests at Bluefields following a revolution.[RL30172]

189495 China: Marines were stationed at Tientsin and penetrated to Peking for protection purposes during the First Sino-Japanese War.[RL30172]

189495 China: A naval vessel was beached and used as a fort at Newchwang for protection of American nationals.[RL30172]

189496 Korea: July 24, 1894 to April 3, 1896, A guard of marines was sent to protect the American legation and American lives and interests at Seoul during and following the Sino-Japanese War.[RL30172]

1895 Colombia: March 8 and 9, US forces protected American interests during an attack on the town of Bocas del Toro by a bandit chieftain.[RL30172]

1896 Nicaragua: May 2 to 4, US forces protected American interests in Corinto during political unrest.[RL30172]

1898 Nicaragua: February 7 and 8, US forces protected American lives and property at San Juan del Sur.[RL30172]

1898 SpanishAmerican War: On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war with Spain, ostensibly aligned with Cuban rebels. The war followed a Cuban insurrection, the Cuban War of Independence against Spanish rule and the sinking of the USS Maine in the harbor at Havana.[RL30172]

189899 Samoa: Second Samoan Civil War, a conflict that reached a head in 1898 when Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States were locked in dispute over who should have control over the Samoan island chain.

189899 China: November 5, 1898 to March 15, 1899, US forces provided a guard for the legation at Peking and the consulate at Tientsin during contest between the Dowager Empress and her son.[RL30172]

1899 Nicaragua: American and British naval forces were landed to protect national interests at San Juan del Norte, February 22 to March 5, and at Bluefields a few weeks later in connection with the insurrection of Gen. Juan P. Reyes.[RL30172]

18991913 Philippine Islands: PhilippineAmerican War, US forces protected American interests following the war with Spain, defeating Filipino revolutionaries seeking immediate national independence.[RL30172] The U.S. government declared the "insurgency" officially over in 1902, when the Filipino leadership generally accepted American rule. Skirmishes between government troops and armed groups lasted until 1913, and some historians consider these unofficial extensions of the war.[4]

19001909[edit]
1900 China: From May 24 to September 28, Boxer Rebellion. American troops participated in operations to protect foreign lives during the Boxer uprising, particularly at Peking. For many years after this experience a permanent legation guard was maintained in Peking, and was strengthened at times as trouble threatened.[RL30172]

1901 Colombia (State of Panama): From November 20 to December 4. (See: Separation of Panama from Colombia) US forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kept transit lines open during serious revolutionary disturbances.[RL30172]

1902 Colombia: From April 16 to 23, US forces protected American lives and property at Bocas del Toro during a civil war.[RL30172]

1902 Colombia (State of Panama): From September 17 to November 18, the United States placed armed guards on all trains crossing the Isthmus to keep the railroad line open, and stationed ships on both sides of Panama to prevent the landing of Colombian troops.[RL30172]

1903 Honduras: From March 23 to 30 or 31, US forces protected the American consulate and the steamship wharf at Puerto Cortes during a period of revolutionary activity.[RL30172]

1903 Dominican Republic: From March 30 to April 21, a detachment of marines was landed to protect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a revolutionary outbreak.[RL30172]

1903 Syria: From September 7 to 12, US forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Muslim uprising was feared.[RL30172]

190304 Abyssinia (Ethiopia): Twenty-five Marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the US Consul General while he negotiated a treaty.[RL30172]

190314 Panama: US forces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following the revolution for independence from Colombia over construction of the Isthmian Canal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on the Isthmus from November 4, 1903 to January 21, 1914 to guard American interests.[RL30172]

1904 Dominican Republic: From January 2 to February 11, American and British naval forces established an area in which no fighting would be allowed and protected American interests in Puerto Plata and Sosua and Santo Domingo City during revolutionary fighting.[RL30172]

1904 Tangier, Morocco: "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." A squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marines were landed to protect the consul general.[RL30172]

1904 Panama: From November 17 to 24, U.S forces protected American lives and property at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection.[RL30172]

190405 Korea: From January 5, 1904 to November 11, 1905, a guard of Marines was sent to protect the American legation in Seoul during the Russo-Japanese War.[RL30172]

190609 Cuba: From September 1906 to January 23, 1909, US forces sought to protect interests and re-establish a government after revolutionary activity.[RL30172]

1907 Honduras: From March 18 to June 8, to protect American interests during a war between Honduras and Nicaragua, troops were stationed in Trujillo, Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Pedro Sula, Laguna and Choloma.[RL30172]

19101919[edit]
1910 Nicaragua: From May 19 to September 4, Occupation of Nicaragua. U.S. forces protected American interests at Bluefields.[RL30172]

1911 Honduras: On January 26, American naval detachments were landed to protect American lives and interests during a civil war in Honduras.[RL30172]

1911 China: As the Tongmenghui-led Xinhai Revolution approached, in October an ensign and 10 men tried to enter Wuchang to rescue missionaries but retired on being warned away, and a small landing force guarded American private property and consulate at Hankow. Marines were deployed in November to guard the cable stations at Shanghai; landing forces were sent for protection in Nanking, *****iang, Taku and elsewhere.[RL30172]

1912 Honduras: A small force landed to prevent seizure by the government of an American-owned railroad at Puerto Cortes. The forces were withdrawn after the United States disapproved the action.[RL30172]

1912 Panama: Troops, on request of both political parties, supervised elections outside the Panama Canal Zone.[RL30172]

1912 Cuba: From June 5 to August 5, U.S. forces protected American interests in Oriente Province and in Havana.[RL30172]

1912 China: August 2426, on Kentucky Island, and August 2630 at Camp Nicholson. U.S. forces protected Americans and American interests during the Xinhai Revolution.[RL30172]

1912 Turkey: From November 18 to December 3, U.S. forces guarded the American legation at Constantinople during the First Balkan War[RL30172]

191225 Nicaragua: From August to November 1912, U.S. forces protected American interests during an attempted revolution. A small force, serving as a legation guard and seeking to promote peace and stability, remained until August 5, 1925.[RL30172]

191241 China: The disorders which began with the overthrow of the dynasty during Kuomintang rebellion in 1912, which were redirected by the invasion of China by Japan, led to demonstrations and landing parties for the protection of U.S. interests in China continuously and at many points from 1912 on to 1941. The guard at Peking and along the route to the sea was maintained until 1941. In 1927, the United States had 5,670 troops ashore in China and 44 naval vessels in its waters. In 1933 the United States had 3,027 armed men ashore. The protective action was generally based on treaties with China concluded from 1858 to 1901.[RL30172]

1913 Mexico: From September 5 to 7, a few marines landed at Ciaris Estero to aid in evacuating American citizens and others from the Yaqui Valley, made dangerous for foreigners by civil strife.[RL30172]

1914 Haiti: January 29 to February 9, February 20 and 21, October 19. Intermittently, U.S. naval forces protected American nationals in a time of rioting and revolution.[RL30172] The specific order from the Secretary of the Navy to the invasion commander, Admiral William Deville Bundy, was to "protect American and foreign" interests.[citation needed]

1914 Dominican Republic: In June and July, during a revolutionary movement, United States naval forces by gunfire stopped the bombardment of Puerto Plata, and by threat of force maintained Santo Domingo City as a neutral zone.[RL30172]

191417 Mexico: Tampico Affair led to Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico. Undeclared MexicanAmerican hostilities followed the Tampico Affair and Villa's raids . Also Pancho Villa Expedition) an abortive military operation conducted by the United States Army against the military forces of Francisco "Pancho" Villa from 1916 to 1917 and included capture of Veracruz. On March 19, 1915 on orders from President Woodrow Wilson, and with tacit consent by Venustiano Carranza General John J. Pershing led an invasion force of 10,000 men into Mexico to capture Villa.[RL30172]

191534 Haiti: From July 28, 1915 to August 15, 1934, United States occupation of Haiti. US forces maintained order during a period of chronic political instability.[RL30172] During the initial entrance into Haiti, the specific order from the Secretary of the Navy to the invasion commander, Admiral William Deville Bundy, was to "protect American and foreign" interests.[citation needed]

1916 China: American forces landed to quell a riot taking place on American property in Nanking.[RL30172]

191624 Dominican Republic: From May 1916 to September 1924, Occupation of the Dominican Republic. American naval forces maintained order during a period of chronic and threatened insurrection.[RL30172]

1917 China: American troops were landed at Chungking to protect American lives during a political crisis.[RL30172]

191718 World War I: On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war with Germany and on December 7, 1917, with Austria-Hungary. Entrance of the United States into the war was precipitated by Germany's submarine warfare against neutral shipping and the Zimmermann Telegram.[RL30172]

191722 Cuba: U.S. forces protected American interests during insurrection and subsequent unsettled conditions. Most of the United States armed forces left Cuba by August 1919, but two companies remained at Camaguey until February 1922.[RL30172]

191819 Mexico: After withdrawal of the Pershing expedition, U.S. troops entered Mexico in pursuit of bandits at least three times in 1918 and six times in 1919. In August 1918, American and Mexican troops fought at Nogales, Battle of Ambos Nogales. The incident began when German spies plotted an attack with Mexican soldiers on Nogales Arizona. The fighting began when a Mexican officer shot and killed a U.S. soldier on American soil. A full-scale battle then ensued, ending with a Mexican surrender.[RL30172]

191820 Panama: U.S. forces were used for police duty according to treaty stipulations, at Chiriqui, during election disturbances and subsequent unrest.[RL30172]

191820 Russian SFSR: Marines were landed at and near Vladivostok in June and July to protect the American consulate and other points in the fighting between the Bolshevik troops and the Czech Army which had traversed Siberia from the western front. A joint proclamation of emergency government and neutrality was issued by the American, Japanese, British, French, and Czech commanders in July. In August 7,000 men were landed in Vladivostok and remained until January 1920, as part of an allied occupation force. In September 1918, 5,000 American troops joined the allied intervention force at Archangel and remained until June 1919. These operations were in response to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and were partly supported by Czarist or Kerensky elements. [RL30172] For details, see the American Expeditionary Force Siberia and the American Expeditionary Force North Russia.

1919 Dalmatia (Croatia): U.S. forces were landed at Trau at the request of Italian authorities to police order between the Italians and Serbs.[RL30172]

1919 Turkey: Marines from the USS Arizona were landed to guard the U.S. Consulate during the Greek occupation of Constantinople.[RL30172]

1919 Honduras: From September 8 to 12, a landing force was sent ashore to maintain order in a neutral zone during an attempted revolution.[RL30172]

19201929[edit]
1920 China: On March 14, a landing force was sent ashore for a few hours to protect lives during a disturbance at Kiukiang.[RL30172]

1920 Guatemala: From April 9 to 27, U.S. forces protected the American Legation and other American interests, such as the cable station, during a period of fighting between Unionists and the Government of Guatemala.[RL30172]

192022 Russia (Siberia): From February 16, 1920 to November 19, 1922, a Marine guard was sent to protect the United States radio station and property on Russian Island, Bay of Vladivostok.[RL30172]

1921 Panama and Costa Rica: American naval squadrons demonstrated in April on both sides of the Isthmus to prevent war between the two countries over a boundary dispute.[RL30172]

1922 Turkey: In September and October, a landing force was sent ashore with consent of both Greek and Turkish authorities, to protect American lives and property when the Turkish nationalists entered İzmir (Smyrna).[RL30172]

192223 China: From April 1922 to November 1923, Marines were landed five times to protect Americans during periods of unrest.[RL30172]

1924 Honduras: From February 28 to March 31, and from September 10 to 15, U.S. forces protected American lives and interests during election hostilities.[RL30172]

1924 China: In September, Marines were landed to protect Americans and other foreigners in Shanghai during Chinese factional hostilities.[RL30172]

1925 China: From January 15 to August 29, fighting of Chinese factions accompanied by riots and demonstrations in Shanghai brought the landing of American forces to protect lives and property in the International Settlement.[RL30172]

1925 Honduras: From April 19 to 21, U.S. forces protected foreigners at La Ceiba during a political upheaval.[RL30172]

1925 Panama: From October 12 to 23, strikes and rent riots led to the landing of about 600 American troops to keep order and protect American interests.[RL30172]

192633 Nicaragua: From May 7 to June 5, 1926 and August 27, 1926 to January 3, 1933, the coup d'état of General Chamorro aroused revolutionary activities leading to the landing of American marines to protect the interests of the United States. United States forces came and went intermittently until January 3, 1933.[RL30172]

1926 China: In August and September, the Nationalist attack on Hankow brought the landing of American naval forces to protect American citizens. A small guard was maintained at the consulate general even after September 16, when the rest of the forces were withdrawn. Likewise, when Nationalist forces captured Kiukiang, naval forces were landed for the protection of foreigners November 4 to 6.[RL30172]

1927 China: In February, fighting at Shanghai caused presence American naval forces and marines to be increased. In March, a naval guard was stationed at American consulate at Nanking after Nationalist forces captured the city. American and British destroyers later used shell fire to protect Americans and other foreigners. Subsequently additional forces of Marines and naval forces were stationed in the vicinity of Shanghai and Tientsin.[RL30172]
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1987–88 – Persian Gulf: Operation Earnest Will. After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks. President Reagan reported that U.S. ships had been fired upon or struck mines or taken other military action on September 21 (Iran Ajr), October 8, and October 19, 1987 and April 18 (Operation Praying Mantis), July 3, and July 14, 1988. The United States gradually reduced its forces after a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq on August 20, 1988.[RL30172] It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.[8]

1987–88 – Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.

1988 – Persian Gulf: Operation Praying Mantis was the April 18, 1988 action waged by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to an American warship.

1988 – Honduras: Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, as a result of threatening actions by the forces of the (then socialist) Nicaraguans.

1988 – USS Vincennes shoot-down of Iran Air Flight 655.

1988 – Panama: In mid-March and April 1988, during a period of instability in Panama and as the United States increased pressure on Panamanian head of state General Manuel Noriega to resign, the United States sent 1,000 troops to Panama, to "further safeguard the canal, US lives, property and interests in the area." The forces supplemented 10,000 U.S. military personnel already in the Panama Canal Zone.[RL30172]

1989 – Libya: Second Gulf of Sidra incident. On January 4, 1989, two U.S. Navy F-14 aircraft based on the USS John F. Kennedy shot down two Libyan jet fighters over the Mediterranean Sea about 70 miles north of Libya. The U.S. pilots said the Libyan planes had demonstrated hostile intentions.[RL30172]

1989 – Panama: On May 11, 1989, in response to General Noriega's disregard of the results of the Panamanian election, President Bush ordered a brigade-sized force of approximately 1,900 troops to augment the estimated 1,000 U.S. forces already in the area.[RL30172]

1989 – Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru: Andean Initiative in War on Drugs, On September 15, 1989, President Bush announced that military and law enforcement assistance would be sent to help the Andean nations of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru combat illicit drug producers and traffickers. By mid-September there were 50–100 U.S. military advisers in Colombia in connection with transport and training in the use of military equipment, plus seven Special Forces teams of 2–12 persons to train troops in the three countries.[RL30172]

1989 – Philippines: Operation Classic Resolve, On December 2, 1989, President Bush reported that on December 1, Air Force fighters from Clark Air Base in Luzon had assisted the Aquino government to repel a coup attempt. In addition, 100 marines were sent from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay to protect the United States Embassy in Manila.[RL30172]

1989–90 – Panama: United States invasion of Panama and Operation Just Cause, On December 21, 1989, President Bush reported that he had ordered U.S. military forces to Panama to protect the lives of American citizens and bring General Noriega to justice. By February 13, 1990, all the invasion forces had been withdrawn.[RL30172] Around 200 Panamanian civilians were reported killed. The Panamanian head of state, General Manuel Noriega, was captured and brought to the U.S.

1990–1999[edit]
1990 – Liberia: On August 6, 1990, President Bush reported that a reinforced rifle company had been sent to provide additional security to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, and that helicopter teams had evacuated U.S. citizens from Liberia.[RL30172]

1990 – Saudi Arabia: On August 9, 1990, President Bush reported that he launched Operation Desert Shield by ordering the forward deployment of substantial elements of the U.S. armed forces into the Persian Gulf region to help defend Saudi Arabia after the August 2 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. On November 16, 1990, he reported the continued buildup of the forces to ensure an adequate offensive military option.[RL30172]American hostages being held in Iran.[RL30172] Staging point for the troops was primarily Bagram air field.

1991 – Iraq and Kuwait: Gulf War, On January 16, 1991, in response to the refusal by Iraq to leave Kuwait, U.S. and Coalition aircraft attacked Iraqi forces and military targets in Iraq and Kuwait in conjunction with a coalition of allies and under United Nations Security Council resolutions. On February 24, 1991, U.S.-led United Nation (UN) forces launched a ground offensive that finally drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait within 100 hours. Combat operations ended on February 28, 1991, when President Bush declared a ceasefire.[RL30172]

1991–96 – Iraq: Operation Provide Comfort, Delivery of humanitarian relief and military protection for Kurds fleeing their homes in northern Iraq during the 1991 uprising, by a small Allied ground force based in Turkey which began in April 1991.

1991 – Iraq: On May 17, 1991, President Bush stated that the Iraqi repression of the Kurdish people had necessitated a limited introduction of U.S. forces into northern Iraq for emergency relief purposes.[RL30172]

1991 – Zaire: On September 25–27, 1991, after widespread looting and rioting broke out in Kinshasa, Air Force C-141s transported 100 Belgian troops and equipment into Kinshasa. American planes also carried 300 French troops into the Central African Republic and hauled evacuated American citizens.[RL30172]

1992 – Sierra Leone: Operation Silver Anvil, Following the April 29 coup that overthrew President Joseph Saidu Momoh, a United States European Command (USEUCOM) Joint Special Operations Task Force evacuated 438 people (including 42 Third Country nationals) on May 3. Two Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141s flew 136 people from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany and nine C-130 sorties carried another 302 people to Dakar, Senegal.[RL30172]

1992–96 – Bosnia and Herzegovina: Operation Provide Promise was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars, from July 2, 1992, to January 9, 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.[9]

1992 – Kuwait: On August 3, 1992, the United States began a series of military exercises in Kuwait, following Iraqi refusal to recognize a new border drawn up by the United Nations and refusal to cooperate with UN inspection teams.[RL30172]

1992–2003 – Iraq: Iraqi no-fly zones, The U.S., United Kingdom, and its Gulf War allies declared and enforced "no-fly zones" over the majority of sovereign Iraqi airspace, prohibiting Iraqi flights in zones in southern Iraq and northern Iraq, conducting aerial reconnaissance, and several specific attacks on Iraqi air-defense systems as part of the UN mandate. Often, Iraqi forces continued throughout a decade by firing on U.S. and British aircraft patrolling no-fly zones.(See also Operation Northern Watch, Operation Southern Watch) [RL30172]

1992–95 – Somalia: Operation Restore Hope, Somali Civil War: On December 10, 1992, President Bush reported that he had deployed U.S. armed forces to Somalia in response to a humanitarian crisis and a UN Security Council Resolution in support for UNITAF. The operation came to an end on May 4, 1993. U.S. forces continued to participate in the successor United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II).(See also Battle of Mogadishu)[RL30172]

1993–95 – Bosnia: Operation Deny Flight, On April 12, 1993, in response to a United Nations Security Council passage of Resolution 816, U.S. and NATO enforced the no-fly zone over the Bosnian airspace, prohibited all unauthorized flights and allowed to "take all necessary measures to ensure compliance with [the no-fly zone restrictions]."

1993 – Macedonia: On July 9, 1993, President Clinton reported the deployment of 350 U.S. soldiers to the Republic of Macedonia to participate in the UN Protection Force to help maintain stability in the area of former Yugoslavia.[RL30172]

1994 – Bosnia: Banja Luka incident, NATO become involved in the first combat situation when NATO U.S. Air Force F-16 jets shot down four of the six Bosnian Serb J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets for violating UN-mandated no-fly zone.

1994–95 – Haiti: Operation Uphold Democracy, U.S. ships had begun embargo against Haiti. Up to 20,000 U.S. military troops were later deployed to Haiti to restore democratically-elected Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from a military regime which came into power in 1991 after a major coup.[RL30172]

1994 – Macedonia: On April 19, 1994, President Clinton reported that the U.S. contingent in Macedonia had been increased by a reinforced company of 200 personnel.[RL30172]

1995 – Bosnia: Operation Deliberate Force, On August 30, 1995, U.S. and NATO aircraft began a major bombing campaign of Bosnian Serb Army in response to a Bosnian Serb mortar attack on a Sarajevo market that killed 37 people on August 28, 1995. This operation lasted until September 20, 1995. The air campaign along with a combined allied ground force of Muslim and Croatian Army against Serb positions led to a Dayton Agreement in December 1995 with the signing of warring factions of the war. As part of Operation Joint Endeavor, U.S. and NATO dispatched the Implementation Force (IFOR) peacekeepers to Bosnia to uphold the Dayton agreement.[RL30172]

1996 – Liberia: Operation Assured Response, On April 11, 1996, President Clinton reported that on April 9, 1996 due to the :"deterioration of the security situation and the resulting threat to American citizens" in Liberia he had ordered U.S. military forces to evacuate from that country "private U.S. citizens and certain third-country nationals who had taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy compound...."[RL30172]

1996 – Central African Republic, Operation Quick Response: On May 23, 1996, President Clinton reported the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Bangui, Central African Republic, to conduct the evacuation from that country of "private U.S. citizens and certain U.S. government employees", and to provide "enhanced security for the American Embassy in Bangui."[RL30172] United States Marine Corps elements of Joint Task Force Assured Response, responding in nearby Liberia, provided security to the embassy and evacuated 448 people, including between 190 and 208 Americans. The last Marines left Bangui on June 22.

1996 – Kuwait: Operation Desert Strike, American Air Strikes in the north to protect the Kurdish population against the Iraqi Army attacks.

1996 – Bosnia: Operation Joint Guard, On December 21, 1996, U.S. and NATO established the SFOR peacekeepers to replace the IFOR in enforcing the peace under the Dayton agreement.

1997 – Albania: Operation Silver Wake, On March 13, 1997, U.S. military forces were used to evacuate certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens from Tirana, Albania.[RL30172]

1997 – Congo and Gabon: On March 27, 1997, President Clinton reported on March 25, 1997, a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel had been deployed to Congo and Gabon to provide enhanced security and to be available for any necessary evacuation operation.[RL30172]

1997 – Sierra Leone: On May 29 and May 30, 1997, U.S. military personnel were deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation of certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens.[RL30172]

1997 – Cambodia: On July 11, 1997, In an effort to ensure the security of American citizens in Cambodia during a period of domestic conflict there, a Task Force of about 550 U.S. military personnel were deployed at Utapao Air Base in Thailand for possible evacuations. [RL30172]

1998 – Iraq: Operation Desert Fox, U.S. and British forces conduct a major four-day bombing campaign from December 16–19, 1998 on Iraqi targets.[RL30172]

1998 – Guinea-Bissau: Operation Shepherd Venture, On June 10, 1998, in response to an army mutiny in Guinea-Bissau endangering the U.S. Embassy, President Clinton deployed a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel to Dakar, Senegal, to evacuate from the city of Bissau.[RL30172]

1998–99 – Kenya and Tanzania: U.S. military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, to coordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.[RL30172]

1998 – Afghanistan and Sudan: Operation Infinite Reach, On August 20, President Clinton ordered a cruise missile attack against two suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan.[RL30172]

1998 – Liberia: On September 27, 1998, America deployed a stand-by response and evacuation force of 30 U.S. military personnel to increase the security force at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. [1] [RL30172]

1999–2001 – East Timor: Limited number of U.S. military forces deployed with the United Nations-mandated International Force for East Timor restore peace to East Timor.[RL30172]

1999 – Serbia: Operation Allied Force: U.S. and NATO aircraft began a major bombing of Serbia and Serb positions in Kosovo on March 24, 1999, during the Kosovo War due to the refusal by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević to end repression against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This operation ended in June 10, 1999, when Milošević agreed to pull out his troops out of Kosovo. In response to the situation in Kosovo, NATO dispatched the KFOR peacekeepers to secure the peace under UNSC Resolution 1244.[RL30172]

2000–2009[edit]
2000 – Sierra Leone: On May 12, 2000, a U.S. Navy patrol craft deployed to Sierra Leone to support evacuation operations from that country if needed.[RL30172]
2000 – Nigeria: Special Forces troops are sent to Nigeria to lead a training mission in the county.[10]
2000 – Yemen: On October 12, 2000, after the USS Cole attack in the port of Aden, Yemen, military personnel were deployed to Aden.[RL30172]
2000 – East Timor: On February 25, 2000, a small number of U.S. military personnel were deployed to support the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). [RL30172]
2001 – On April 1, 2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals surveillance aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China called the Hainan Island incident.
2001–present – War in Afghanistan: The War on Terror begins with Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, U.S. Armed Forces invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks and "begin combat action in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda terrorists and their Taliban supporters."[RL30172]
2002 – Yemen: On November 3, 2002, an American MQ-1 Predator fired a Hellfire missile at a car in Yemen killing Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, an al-Qaeda leader thought to be responsible for the USS Cole bombing.[RL30172]
2002 – Philippines: OEF-Philippines, As of January, U.S. "combat-equipped and combat support forces" have been deployed to the Philippines to train with, assist and advise the Philippines' Armed Forces in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[RL30172]
2002 – Côte d'Ivoire: On September 25, 2002, in response to a rebellion in Côte d'Ivoire, U.S. military personnel went into Côte d'Ivoire to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Bouaké.[11]
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2003–2011 – War in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, The United States leads a coalition that includes the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland to invade Iraq with the stated goal being "to disarm Iraq in pursuit of peace, stability, and security both in the Gulf region and in the United States."[RL30172]
2003 – Liberia: Second Liberian Civil War, On June 9, 2003, President Bush reported that on June 8 he had sent about 35 U.S. Marines into Monrovia, Liberia, to help secure the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and to aid in any necessary evacuation from either Liberia or Mauritania.[RL30172]
2003 – Georgia and Djibouti: "US combat equipped and support forces" had been deployed to Georgia and Djibouti to help in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[12]
2004 – Haiti: 2004 Haitian coup d'état occurs, The US first sent 55 combat equipped military personnel to augment the U.S. Embassy security forces there and to protect American citizens and property in light. Later 200 additional US combat-equipped, military personnel were sent to prepare the way for a UN Multinational Interim Force, MINUSTAH.[RL30172]
2004 – War on Terror: U.S. anti-terror related activities were underway in Georgia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Eritrea.[13]
2004–present: The U.S deploys drone strikes to aid in the War in North-West Pakistan
2005–06 – Pakistan: President Bush deploys troops from US Army Air Cav Brigades to provide Humanitarian relief to far remote villages in the Kashmir mountain ranges of Pakistan stricken by a massive earthquake.
2006 – Lebanon, U.S. Marine Detachment, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit[citation needed], begins evacuation of U.S. citizens willing to leave the country in the face of a likely ground invasion by Israel and continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military.[14][15]
2007 - The Mogadishu Encounter, on November 4, 2007, Somali Pirate's boarded and attacked a North Korean merchant vessel. Passing U.S Navy Ships and a helicopter that were patrolling at the time responded to the attack. Once the ship was freed from the pirates, the American forces were given permission to board and assist the wounded crew and handle surviving pirates.
2007 – Somalia: Battle of Ras Kamboni, On January 8, 2007, while the conflict between the Islamic Courts Union and the Transitional Federal Government continues, an AC-130 gunship conducts an aerial strike on a suspected al-Qaeda operative, along with other Islamist fighters, on Badmadow Island near Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia.[16]
2008 – South Ossetia, Georgia: Helped Georgia humanitarian aid,[17] helped to transport Georgian forces from Iraq during the conflict. In the past, the US has provided training and weapons to Georgia.
2010–present[edit]
2010–present - al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: The U.S has been launching a series of drone strikes on suspected al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab positions in Yemen.
2010–11 – Operation New Dawn, On February 17, 2010, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that as of September 1, 2010, the name "Operation Iraqi Freedom" would be replaced by "Operation New Dawn". This coincides with the reduction of American troops to 50,000.
2011 – 2011 military intervention in Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn, United States and coalition enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 with bombings of Libyan forces.
2011 – Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. military forces in Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear.
2011 – Drone strikes on al-Shabab militants begin in Somalia.[18] This marks the 6th nation in which such strikes have been carried out,[19] including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen[20] and Libya.
2011–present – Uganda: U.S. Combat troops sent in as advisers to Uganda.[21]
2012 – Jordan: 150 U.S. troops deployed to Jordan to help it contain the Syrian Civil War within Syria's borders.
2012 – Turkey: 400 troops and two batteries of Patriot missiles sent to Turkey to prevent any missile strikes from Syria.
2012 – Chad: 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city.
2013 – Mali: U.S. forces assisted the French in Operation Serval with air refueling and transport aircraft.
2013 – Somalia: U.S. Air Force planes supported the French in the Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt. However, they did not use any weapons.
2013 – 2013 Korean crisis
2013 – Navy SEALs conducted a raid in Somalia and possibly killed a senior Al-Shabaab official, simultaneously another raid took place in Tripoli, Libya, where Special Operations Forces captured Abu Anas al Libi (also known as Anas al-Libi)[22]
2014–present – Uganda: V-22 Ospreys, MC-130s, KC-135s and additional U.S. soldiers are sent to Uganda to continue to help African forces search for Joseph Kony.[23]
2014–present - American intervention in Iraq: Hundreds of U.S. troops deployed to protect American assets in Iraq and to advise Iraqi and Kurdish fighters.[24] In August the U.S. Air Force conducted a humanitarian air drop and the U.S. Navy began a series of airstrikes against Islamic State-aligned forces throughout northern Iraq.[25][26]
2014 - 2014 American rescue mission in Syria: The U.S attempted to rescue James Foley and other hostages being held by ISIL. Air strikes were conducted on the ISIL military base known as "Osama bin Laden camp". Meanwhile, the bombings, Delta teams parachuted near an ISIL high-valued prison. The main roads were blocked to keep any target from escaping. When no hostage was found, the American troops began house to house searches. By this time, ISIL militants began arriving to the area. Heavy fighting occurred until the Americans decided to abandon the mission due to the hostages being nowhere in the area. Although the mission failed, at least 5 ISIL militants were killed, however 1 American troop was wounded. According the reports, Jordan had a role in the operation and that one Jordanian soldier had been wounded as well. This was unconfirmed.
2014–present - American-led intervention in Syria: American aircraft bomb Islamic State positions in Syria. Airstrikes on al-Qaeda, al-Nusra Front and Khorasan positions are also being conducted.
2014–present - Intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Syrian locals forces and American-led coalition forces launch a series of aerial attacks on ISIL and al-Nusra Front positions in Iraq and Syria.
2014 - 2014 Yemen hostage rescue operations against al-Qaeda: On November 25, U.S Navy SEAL's and Yemeni Special Forces launched an operations in Yemen in attempt to rescue eight hostages that were being held by al-Qaeda. Although the operation was successful, no American hostages were secured. In the first attempt, six Yemenis, one Saudi Arabian, and one Ethiopian were rescued. On December 4, 2014, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened to execute the Somers if the U.S failed to the unspecified commands. AQAP also stated that they would be executed if the U.S attempted another rescue operation. On December 6, a second operation was launched. 40 U.S SEALs and 30 Yemeni troops were deployed to the compound. A 10-minute fire fight occurred before the American troops could enter where the remaining hostages (Somers and Korkie) were being held. They were alive, but fatally wounded. Surgery was done in mid air when flying away from the site. Korkie died while in flight, and Somers died once landed on the USS Makin Island. No American troop was killed/injured, however a Yemenis soldier was wounded.
2015 - April 30, 2015 U.S. sends ships to the Strait of Hormuz to shield vessels after Iranian Seizure of commercial vessel: The U.S. Navy deploys warships to protect American commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian interference. Concerns were also raised that Iranian gunships were trailing a U.S. container ship. Iran additionally fired shots over the bow, and seized, a ship registered in the Marshall Islands, part of a long-standing dispute between the two nations.[27]
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The list was soooooo long, the forum software forced me to post it in three batches.

Must be a record.

Of war.

snakestretcher · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Smart bombs. Who invented them? Do you prefer to go back to the days that ALL nations carpet bombed? If not, how about a little respect for US efforts, because what other nation in the history of the planet devoted effort to reduce civilian casualties in war? Please enlighten me.
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With 150,000 deaths in Iraq I suggest America's bombs aren't very smart and your so-called "effort to reduce civilian casualties" isn't working either. Propaganda, naturally, will be designed to pacify public opinion and make you feel better. Words like 'precision strike', for example and video of a tank exploding in the middle of a desert with nobody else around. All good stuff. Then, in contrast, we get leaked video of gleeful grunts machine-gunning civilians from a helicopter over the streets of Baghdad. That would never make the evening news...

I imagine it's only a very few enlightened Americans who now understand that their nation is mistrusted and feared as a real threat to world peace, and not just by their enemies.

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

Sly Lampost said: ↑

Okay, I will. Gulf war 1 casualties approx 800,000 of which 500,000 innocent civilians. For starters. EWe could progress onto the Vietnam War if you wish - Agent Orange and all that?

So to answer your question with a question: what other nation in history has had more wars or engaged in more military interventions than the USA?

Source

The US loves war war and hates jaw jaw....
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I read your first line and stopped. 500k civs in gulf war eh? I believe your numbers are ridiculous. Do they include the civs Saddam bussed in to strategic military targets? There is an episode of Locked up Abroad in which 2 civilians recount how Saddam did exactly that to them.

As far as interventions, you have seen what happens when the US withdraws and stops being the world police. You see Russia and Iran invading multiple countries. China will probably join in soon. You want us to withdraw, then you are going to rewind history right back to 1939, when multiple countries were invading other multiple countries on a regular basis. And not to "intervene", but with intent to totally dominate/destroy that country. Good luck without us.

DonRumataEstorsky · Oct 5, 2015

Texas Republican said: ↑

On behalf of the U.S., I apologize for Obama's actions. He's a one-world-government, radical socialist and he doesn't know how to conduct war correctly.
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USA killed millions of civilians. To ask for forgiveness is not enough. Terrorists of US have destroyed many countries and millions people to avenge the 5,000 Americans.

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

snakestretcher said: ↑

With 150,000 deaths in Iraq I suggest America's bombs aren't very smart and your so-called "effort to reduce civilian casualties" isn't working either. Propaganda, naturally, will be designed to pacify public opinion and make you feel better. Words like 'precision strike', for example and video of a tank exploding in the middle of a desert with nobody else around. All good stuff. Then, in contrast, we get leaked video of gleeful grunts machine-gunning civilians from a helicopter over the streets of Baghdad. That would never make the evening news...

I imagine it's only a very few enlightened Americans who now understand that their nation is mistrusted and feared as a real threat to world peace, and not just by their enemies.
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If it isn't obvious to you who is killing civilians by now, there is no hope in convincing you. Hint: it's the same people killing civilians in Pakistan, Nigeria, Syria, and countless other countries right now, many of which contain little or zero US forces.

snakestretcher · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

If it isn't obvious to you who is killing civilians by now, there is no hope in convincing you. Hint: it's the same people killing civilians in Pakistan, Nigeria, Syria, and countless other countries right now, many of which contain little or zero US forces.
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Yeah, nice diversion-except that it doesn't detract from the atrocities committed by your country in pursuit of "US interests", does it?
By the way, where was America during the Rwanda genocide? Where was America when Pol Pot was massacring hundreds of thousands of Cambodians? Oh yes, you were sending him money and giving him tacit support. And you still believe America is a force for good?

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

DonRumataEstorsky said: ↑

USA killed millions of civilians. To ask for forgiveness is not enough. Terrorists of US have destroyed many countries and millions people to avenge the 5,000 Americans.
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Hogwash. Your numbers are unfounded. The US would have easily ended operations in Iraq and Afghan without Russia's buddies, Iran and Syria continually pouring extremists and arms into those places. They helped foment civil war for a decade, and now they got it. It's the exact same thing they have been doing in Palestine for decades in order to prevent any hope of peace there

DonRumataEstorsky · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Hogwash. Your numbers are unfounded. The US would have easily ended operations in Iraq and Afghan without Russia's buddies, Iran and Syria continually pouring extremists and arms into those places. They helped foment civil war for a decade, and now they got it. It's the exact same thing they have been doing in Palestine for decades in order to prevent any hope of peace there
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US does not have the right to bomb other countries. The invasion in Serbia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and etc is a crime. US Army is killers, robbers, rapists and terrorists.

snakestretcher · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Hogwash. Your numbers are unfounded. The US would have easily ended operations in Iraq and Afghan without Russia's buddies, Iran and Syria continually pouring extremists and arms into those places. They helped foment civil war for a decade, and now they got it. It's the exact same thing they have been doing in Palestine for decades in order to prevent any hope of peace there
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The whole point which you're missing is that America had no reason for invading Iraq in the first place! Saddam was no threat to anything but "US interests", there were no WMD, he had no links to Al Qaeda (whom he hated with a vengeance), no nuclear programme and the whole episode was a deadly farce designed to do little else than demonstrate America's military might. Afghanistan was a waste of time and manpower and, again, achieved nothing whatsoever.

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

snakestretcher said: ↑

Yeah, nice diversion-except that it doesn't detract from the atrocities committed by your country in pursuit of "US interests", does it?
By the way, where was America during the Rwanda genocide? Where was America when Pol Pot was massacring hundreds of thousands of Cambodians? Oh yes, you were sending him money and giving him tacit support. And you still believe America is a force for good?
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Islamic supremacists are slaughtering innocent civilians in at least a dozen countries, from northern Pakistan to Nigeria, and you expect me to pick just 2 of those places and attribute the deaths there to the US? No thanks. I think it's obvious who is responsible for the vast majority of deaths across the ME, and it's an ideology that is far from American.

snakestretcher · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Islamic supremacists are slaughtering innocent civilians in at least a dozen countries, from northern Pakistan to Nigeria, and you expect me to pick just 2 of those places and attribute the deaths there to the US? No thanks. I think it's obvious who is responsible for the vast majority of deaths across the ME, and it's an ideology that is far from American.
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Pol Pot whom you supported murdered more people than pretty much any single genocidist except Adolf Hitler. You understand the meaning of hypocrisy? 1.5 million Cambodians were killed and your taxes went toward helping the Khmer Rouge do the killing. Do you really want to discuss American "ideology"?

DonRumataEstorsky · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Islamic supremacists are slaughtering innocent civilians in at least a dozen countries, from northern Pakistan to Nigeria, and you expect me to pick just 2 of those places and attribute the deaths there to the US? No thanks. I think it's obvious who is responsible for the vast majority of deaths across the ME, and it's an ideology that is far from American.
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Go to hell with the American ideology. US arming terrorists.

GlobalCitizen · Oct 5, 2015

snakestretcher said: ↑

The whole point which you're missing is that America had no reason for invading Iraq in the first place! Saddam was no threat to anything but "US interests", there were no WMD, he had no links to Al Qaeda (whom he hated with a vengeance), no nuclear programme and the whole episode was a deadly farce designed to do little else than demonstrate America's military might. Afghanistan was a waste of time and manpower and, again, achieved nothing whatsoever.
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If Saddam wasn't a threat, then why did he warrant the deployment of several carriers and tens of thousands of troops to contain him for over a decade? Where was the world outrage when we were there ensuring the smooth operation out of the Persian Gulf? They just expected the US to continue expending that effort indefinitely?

cerberus · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

Islamic supremacists are slaughtering innocent civilians in at least a dozen countries, from northern Pakistan to Nigeria, and you expect me to pick just 2 of those places and attribute the deaths there to the US? No thanks. I think it's obvious who is responsible for the vast majority of deaths across the ME, and it's an ideology that is far from American.
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If the Americans had kept out of it in the first place then the dictators Saddam and Gaddafi would still be in power keeping order, ipso facto the Americans are responsible for the existing bloodshed anarchy and chaos. Now they're trying to remove Assad!!

snakestretcher · Oct 5, 2015

GlobalCitizen said: ↑

If Saddam wasn't a threat, then why did he warrant the deployment of several carriers and tens of thousands of troops to contain him for over a decade? Where was the world outrage when we were there ensuring the smooth operation out of the Persian Gulf? They just expected the US to continue expending that effort indefinitely?
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Oh dear god! Saddam didn't "warrant" anything. When will it begin to register that the Iraqi invasion was unwarranted, illegal and nothing less than yet another exercise in demonstrating America's lust for global hegemony and an opportunity for some muscle-flexing? You were sold a lie and you bought it. I guess your government yelling 'FREEDOM!!' long enough and loud enough did the trick.

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