{"id":1755,"date":"2015-10-21T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2016-07-26T18:36:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:36:18","slug":"were-at-war-and-we-have-been-since-1776-214-years-of-american-war-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khanfactor.com\/blog\/?p=1755","title":{"rendered":"we are at War And We Have Been Since 1776: 214 Years of American War-Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

Islam is inherently more violent than other religions.<\/em> \u00a0This is the Supreme Islamophobic Myth<\/a>. \u00a0Yes, there are other core beliefs of Islamophobia (Islam is sexist, oppressive, discriminatory,<\/em>the list goes on\u2026), but nothing is more critical to anti-Muslim bigots than associating Islam with violence, war, and terrorism. \u00a0This, in turn, is used to justify bombing, invading, and occupying Muslim countries\u2013what I call the Supreme Islamophobic Crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We see this quite clearly in the jingoistic rhetoric against Iran, a Muslim country that is portrayed as being inherently violent and warlike. \u00a0This is then flipped around, using the argument that we must attack them before they attack us<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yet, this is a Myth\u2013the Mother of all Myths. \u00a0It is the United States that has been waging wars of aggression, not Iran. \u00a0Ahmed Rehab challenged Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/a> on this point by asking him: \u201cHow many countries has Iran attacked in the past 50 years?\u201d \u00a0The answer is, of course, zero. Meanwhile, the United States and her \u201cstalwart ally\u201d Israel have attacked numerous Muslim countries<\/a>, as I recently portrayed in this graphic:<\/p>\n

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The U.S., in the name of fighting terror, is waging seemingly\u00a0Endless War<\/a>\u00a0in the Muslim world. \u00a0\u00a0The \u201cWe are at War\u201d mentality defines a generation of Americans, with many young adults having lived their entire lives while the country has been \u201cat war.\u201d \u00a0For them, war is the norm.<\/p>\n

But if the future of America promises Endless War, be rest assured that this is no different than her past. \u00a0Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America\u2019s wars, which reveals something quite interesting:\u00a0since\u00a0the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of\u00a0existence<\/strong>. \u00a0In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.<\/p>\n

To put this in perspective:<\/p>\n

* Pick any year since 1776 and there is about a 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year.<\/p>\n

* No U.S. president truly qualifies as a peacetime president. \u00a0Instead, all U.S. presidents can technically be considered \u201cwar presidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

* The U.S. has never gone a decade without war.<\/p>\n

* The only<\/em> time the U.S. went five years without war (1935-40) was during the isolationist period of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

When we look at the present situation (see map above) and our violent past (see timeline below), is it not a bit hypocritical of us to point the finger at Muslims? \u00a0Whenever I hear \u201cgood Judeo-Christian American patriots\u201d telling me how violent Muslims are and how Islam supposedly endorses Perpetual War\u2013I cannot help but think of how their own \u201cJudeo-Christian nation\u201d has been locked in perpetual warfare since its inception.<\/p>\n

The U.S. was born out of ethnic cleansing, a violent process that had started long before 1776 and would not be complete until 1900. \u00a0In other words, more than half of America\u2019s existence (about 53%) has been marked by the active process of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population, which was ultimately all but destroyed.<\/p>\n

If the Islamophobes insist that the Armenian Genocide, which took place in the span of eight years, defines the Ottoman Empire (which existed for over 600 years, meaning the Armenian Genocide lasted only 1% of its existence), then would they be consistent and use this logic to argue that the ethnic cleansing of the American Indians (which spanned more than a century and a quarter, or 53% of America\u2019s existence) defines the United States? \u00a0Or would they use it to demean Christianity overall as they do Islam? (Note: Benjamin Taghov has made this comparison on our website before; see here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

By looking at America\u2019s many wars throughout history, it becomes apparent that it is not radical Islam that propels the country to war. \u00a0Rather, it is America\u2019s trajectory of war and conquest, which has always been in the direction of expanding hegemony. \u00a0In the start, the country expanded by\u00a0occupying\u00a0American Indian lands, portraying its indigenous population as inherently violent and warlike. \u00a0In 1823, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall wrote: \u201cThe tribes of Indians inhabiting this country were fierce savages, whose occupation was war\u2026\u201d [2]<\/p>\n

The American Indians were thought to be an existential threat to the United States (a classic case of projection or role inversion): John Quincy Adams, for example, wrote that \u201cthe savage Indians\u201d were out to \u201cwage an exterminating war\u201d against the \u201cpeaceful inhabitants\u201d of the United States [3]. \u00a0It was the same message then as it is now: we must attack them before they attack us<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As Indian land was gobbled up by the use of force and fraud, the U.S. border expanded to the periphery of Mexico (which at that time consisted of most of the West Coast and Southwest of the modern United States). \u00a0Hungry for this land too, the U.S. invaded Mexico, and \u201cMexicans were portrayed as violent and treacherous bandits who terrorized\u201d the people [4]. \u00a0American belligerence towards Mexico heated up in the 1800\u2019s, culminated in the U.S. annexation of half of Mexico\u2019s land (leaving right-wingers today to wonder \u201cwhy so many Mexicans are in our<\/em>country?\u201d), and seamlessly transitioned into the Banana Wars of the early 1900\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Once the Americans had successfully\u00a0implemented\u00a0Manifest Destiny by conquering the land from sea to shining sea, the Monroe Doctrine was used to expand American influence in the Caribbean and Central America. \u00a0Thus began the Banana Wars, a series of military interventions from 1898 all the way to 1934, which attempted to expand American hegemony to the south of its borders. \u00a0America\u2019s brutality in this part of the world is not well-known to most Americans, but it is well-documented.<\/p>\n

During this time period, Hispanics were portrayed as \u201ccunningly dangerous bandits\u201d [5]. \u00a0The Banana Wars came to an end in 1934 with the adoption of the \u201cGood Neighbor Policy,\u201d a policy that was adopted\u00a0because \u201cWorld War II was looming in Europe and Asia\u201d and the U.S. wanted \u201cto secure Latin American allegiances and hemispheric unity as a protection against foreign invasion\u201d [6].<\/p>\n

For a brief period, from 1935-1940, America rested from war, thanks to the emergence of isolationism during the Great Depression. \u00a0But, with the start of World War II, the U.S. emerged as a super-power, ever hungry for more conflict. \u00a0Thus began the Cold War period from 1945 all the way to 1991, with the U.S. fighting \u201cthe (exaggerated) menace of Communism\u201d all over the world, even when it meant bombing, invading, and occupying countries that had done no harm to the U.S.<\/p>\n

The Cold War had not even ended before the U.S. found its new target: the Middle East and the Muslim world. \u00a0By 1990, the U.S. was already bombing Iraq in the First Gulf War\u2013a country that the U.S. would go on to bomb for over two decades. \u00a0Needing another boogieman now that the Soviet Union was dead, the U.S. turned to \u201cradical Islam\u201d as the enemy. \u00a0And that\u2019s why you have the map as it is above.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that American plans to dominate the Middle East date back to at least the end of World War II, when it was decided that the region was of critical strategic value. \u00a0Now that the U.S. has followed through on this plan, do you think \u201cradical Islam\u201d is really \u201can existential threat\u201d just as American Indians were \u201cfierce savages\u201d waging \u201can exterminating war\u201d against the \u201cpeaceful inhabitants\u201d of the United States; or how Mexicans were \u201cviolent\u201d and \u201cterrorized\u201d people; or how Central Americans were \u201cdangerous bandits\u201d? \u00a0The rampant Islamophobia that abounds today is part of a long tradition of vilifying, Other-izing, and dehumanizing the indigenous populations of lands that need to controlled.<\/p>\n

The objects of American aggression have certainly changed with time, but the primary motivating factor behind U.S. wars of aggression have always been the same: expansion of U.S. hegemony. \u00a0The Muslim world is being bombed, invaded, and occupied by the United States not because of radical Islam or any inherent flaw in themselves. \u00a0Rather, it is being so attacked because it is in the path of the American juggernaut, which is always in need of war.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0* \u00a0* \u00a0* \u00a0*<\/p>\n

Here is a graphic depiction of U.S. wars:<\/p>\n

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And here is the year-by-year timeline of America\u2019s major wars:<\/p>\n

[Note:<\/strong> This is a non-exhaustive list, and I purposefully excluded all sorts of military interventions so as to be very conservative; the list excludes, for example, \u201cpeaceful means\u201d used to ethnically cleanse the land of American Indians, i.e. fraudulent treaties and other coercive means; it excludes many outright massacres of American Indians; it further excludes several instances of the U.S. landing troops in various countries to \u201cprotect American interests\u201d; it also excludes virtually all CIA interventions and other covert wars; lastly, I may have omitted wars due to my own ignorance of them, although I am sure that readers will give their input so we can add to the list as needed.]<\/p>\n

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Year-by-year Timeline of America\u2019s Major Wars (1776-2011)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1776 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamagua Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1777 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1778 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1779 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1780 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1781 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1782 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1783 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1784 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War, Oconee War<\/p>\n

1785 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1786 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1787 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1788 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1789 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1790 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1791 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1792 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1793 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1794 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1795 \u2013 Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1796 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1797 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1798 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1799 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1800 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1801 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1802 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1803 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1804 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1805 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1806 \u2013 Sabine Expedition<\/p>\n

1807 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1808 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1809 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1810 \u2013 U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida<\/p>\n

1811 \u2013 Tecumseh\u2019s War<\/p>\n

1812 \u2013 War of 1812, Tecumseh\u2019s War, Seminole Wars,\u00a0U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida<\/p>\n

1813 \u2013 War of 1812, Tecumseh\u2019s War, Peoria War, Creek War,\u00a0U.S. expands its territory in West Florida<\/p>\n

1814 \u2013 War of 1812, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in Florida, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1815 \u2013 War of 1812, Second Barbary War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1816 \u2013\u00a0First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1817 \u2013\u00a0First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1818 \u2013 First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1819 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1820 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1821 \u2013 Anti-piracy war (see note above)<\/p>\n

1822 \u2013 Anti-piracy war (see note above)<\/p>\n

1823 \u2013 Anti-piracy war, Arikara War<\/p>\n

1824 \u2013 Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1825 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1826 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1827 \u2013 Winnebago War<\/p>\n

1828 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1829 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1830 \u2013 No major war\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1831 \u2013\u00a0Sac and Fox Indian War<\/p>\n

1832 \u2013 Black Hawk War<\/p>\n

1833 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War<\/p>\n

1834 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign<\/p>\n

1835 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War<\/p>\n

1836 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Missouri-Iowa Border War<\/p>\n

1837 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Osage Indian War, Buckshot War<\/p>\n

1838 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Buckshot War,\u00a0Heatherly Indian War<\/p>\n

1839 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars<\/p>\n

1840 \u2013 Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands<\/p>\n

1841 \u2013 Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade\u00a0McKean Island, Gilbert Islands, and Samoa<\/p>\n

1842 \u2013 Seminole Wars<\/p>\n

1843 \u2013 U.S. forces clash with Chinese, U.S. troops invade African coast<\/p>\n

1844 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1845 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1846 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1847 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1848 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War<\/p>\n

1849 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians<\/p>\n

1850 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, California Indian Wars, Pitt River Expedition<\/p>\n

1851 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1852 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1853 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, Walker War, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1854 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians<\/p>\n

1855 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Yakima War, Winnas Expedition, Klickitat War, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars,\u00a0U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay<\/p>\n

1856 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War<\/p>\n

1857 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars,\u00a0Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua<\/p>\n

1858 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d\u2019Alene-Paloos War,\u00a0Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay<\/p>\n

1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown\u2019s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1860 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War<\/p>\n

1861 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign<\/p>\n

1862 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,<\/p>\n

1863 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War<\/p>\n

1864 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War<\/p>\n

1865 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War<\/p>\n

1866 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Franklin County War,\u00a0U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China<\/p>\n

1867 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan<\/p>\n

1868 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1869 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1870 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1871 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea<\/p>\n

1872 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1873 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1874 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1875 \u2013 Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1876 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1877 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1878 \u2013 Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1879 \u2013 Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1880 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1881 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1882 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1883 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1884 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1885 \u2013 Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1886 \u2013 Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1887 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1888 \u2013 U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1889 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1890 \u2013 Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1891 \u2013 Sioux Indian War,\u00a0Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1892 \u2013 Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1893 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii<\/p>\n

1894 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1895 \u2013\u00a0U.S. forces invade Mexico,\u00a0Bannock Indian Disturbances<\/p>\n

1896 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1897 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1898 \u2013 Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake,\u00a0Chippewa Indian Disturbances<\/p>\n

1899 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1900 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1901 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1902 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1903 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1904 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1905 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1906 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1907 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1908 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1909 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1910 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1911 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1912 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1913 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars,\u00a0New Mexico Navajo War<\/p>\n

1914 \u2013 Banana Wars,\u00a0U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1915 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War<\/p>\n

1916 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1917 \u2013 Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1918 \u2013 Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1919 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1920 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1921 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1922 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1923 \u2013 Banana Wars, Posey War<\/p>\n

1924 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1925 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1926 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1927 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1928 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1930 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1931 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1932 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1933 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1934 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1935 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1936 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1937 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1938 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1939 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1940 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1941 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1942 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1943 \u2013 Wold War II<\/p>\n

1944 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1945 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1946 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. occupies the Philippines and South Korea)<\/p>\n

1947 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. occupies South Korea, U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists)<\/p>\n

1948 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)<\/p>\n

1949 \u2013\u00a0Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)<\/p>\n

1950 \u2013 Korean War, Jayuga Uprising<\/p>\n

1951 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1952 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1953 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1954 \u2013 Covert War in Guatemala<\/p>\n

1955 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1956 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1957 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1958 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1959 \u2013 Vietnam War, Conflict in Haiti<\/p>\n

1960 \u2013 Vietam War<\/p>\n

1961 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1962 \u2013 Vietnam War, Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis; U.S. marines fight Communists in Thailand)<\/p>\n

1963 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1964 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1965 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

1966 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

1967 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1968 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1969 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1970 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1971 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1972 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1973 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War<\/em><\/p>\n

1974 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1975 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1976 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1977 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1978 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1979 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)<\/p>\n

1980 \u2013 Cold War\u00a0(CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)<\/p>\n

1981 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), First Gulf of Sidra Incident<\/p>\n

1982 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon<\/p>\n

1983 \u2013 Cold War (Invasion of Grenada, CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon<\/p>\n

1984 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

1985 \u2013\u00a0Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

1986 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

1987 \u2013 Conflict in Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

1988 \u2013 Conflict in Persian Gulf, U.S. occupation of Panama<\/p>\n

1989 \u2013 Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, U.S. occupation of Panama, Conflict in Philippines<\/p>\n

1990 \u2013 First Gulf War, U.S. occupation of Panama<\/p>\n

1991 \u2013 First Gulf War<\/p>\n

1992 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1993 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1994 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti<\/p>\n

1995 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti, NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n

1996 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1997 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1998 \u2013 Bombing of Iraq, Missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan<\/p>\n

1999 \u2013 Kosovo War<\/p>\n

2000 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

2001 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan<\/p>\n

2002 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan and Yemen<\/p>\n

2003 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Iraq<\/p>\n

2004 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2005 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2006 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2009 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2010 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2011 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; Conflict in Libya (Libyan Civil War)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

President\u00a0Barack Obama<\/a>\u00a0repeated the now infamous words of\u00a0George W. Bush<\/a>, declaring: \u201cWe are at war\u2026\u201d \u00a0Yes, and we have been, ever since 1776.<\/p>\n

Danios was the Brass Crescent Award\u00a0Honorary Mention for Best Writer in 2010<\/a>\u00a0and the Brass Crescent Award\u00a0Winner for Best Writer in 2011<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Update I:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It goes without saying that I am not arguing that all<\/em> of America\u2019s wars listed above were wars of aggression and therefore unjustified\u2013but arguably the vast majority of them were.<\/p>\n

Update II:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To put this into greater perspective, Iran has not invaded a country since 1795,<\/strong> which was 216 years ago. (h\/t LW\u2019s Ilisha<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Footnotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1] Zinn, Howard. A People\u2019s History of the United States<\/em>, p.297<\/p>\n

[2] Steuter, Erin. At War with Metaphor<\/em>, p.43<\/p>\n

[3] Chomsky, Noam. Deterring Democracy<\/em>, p.34<\/p>\n

[4] Mraz, John. Looking for Mexico<\/em>, p.60<\/p>\n

[5] Ching, Erik. Reframing Latin America, p.228<\/p>\n

[6] Ibid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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