Chemical weapons used by Syria

Rob Roy

Well-Known Member
Here's an interesting article written by L.Vance among other things regarding "supporting the troops"



If and when the United States government intervenes militarily in some way in Syria, there is no question that U.S. military personnel will take the lives and destroy the property of people that had never harmed an American or threatened the United States in any way.
And most Americans won’t even care.
Should military intervention occur, the following asinine proposition will be repeated ad nauseam just like a version of it has been repeated incessantly ever since U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Afghanistan:
I don’t support the U.S. military intervening in Syria, but I support the troops.
This is utter nonsense. This is pious drivel. This is idiocy on parade. This is lunacy.
Yet, even though the majority of Americans say they don’t want war with Syria, the majority of them will still say we should support the troops, pray for the troops, and thank the troops for their service.
Sometimes an attempt is made to justify this nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy by supplementing it with one or more of the following:

  • The troops are just following orders.
  • Old men make wars, but young men fight them.
  • The troops have a duty to serve the country when they are called upon.
  • Military intervention is the fault of the politicians, not the soldiers.
  • It is better to fight “over there” instead of “over here.”
  • Whatever the troops do in Syria is the fault of Obama the commander in chief.
  • The troops didn’t ask to go to Syria.
  • There are a lot of good people in the military.
  • The troops will go fight where they are told because they are patriotic.
  • The troops are not responsible for where they are sent.
  • Many soldiers had no choice but to join the military since they could not find a job.
  • U.S. soldiers only kill those who try to kill them.
But none of these change anything; the proposition is still nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy.
You can’t support the troops without supporting what they do; you can’t separate soldiers from solidering.
Reciting this asinine proposition about supporting the troops is just like saying:

  • I don’t support garbage men emptying the trash, but I support them as garbage men.
  • I don’t support doctors performing abortions, but I support them as doctors.
  • I don’t support landscapers mowing the grass, but I support them as landscapers.
  • I don’t support TSA agents groping passengers, but I support them as TSA agents.
Sounds ridiculous, I know; but why doesn’t the asinine proposition about soldiers sound just as ridiculous?
The primary job of a soldier is to destroy infrastructure and make widows and orphans—whenever he is told to do so and without questioning his orders. Perhaps killing people they shouldn’t kill and breaking things they shouldn’t break wasn’t always the top priority of U.S. soldiers, but it certainly is now. Since World War II, the U.S. military has been usedexclusively for purposes other than the actual defense of the country. And if that weren’t bad enough, most of these purposes have been nefarious and offensive. Since World War II, U.S. soldiers have functioned exclusively as the president’s personal attack force staffed by mercenaries willing to obey his latest command to bomb, invade, occupy, and otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems necessary.
When U.S. troops go to Syria, and people say that they support the troops but not their mission in Syria, what exactly will we supposed to think they mean? Will they be saying that they

  • support the troops painting equipment?
  • support the troops marching in formation on the base?
  • support the troops cleaning their weapons?
  • support the troops making their beds?
  • support the troops sweeping the floor in their barracks?
  • support the troops working out?
  • support the troops performing vehicle maintenance?
  • support the troops washing the fighter jets?
Are any of these things reason why U.S. troops returning home from Syria will be applauded in airports? Then how is it that people can say they support the troops but not their mission?
The ultimate reason why senseless U.S. foreign wars take place is not because of the president, the Congress, and the politicians; it is because there is no shortage of Americans willing to bomb, maim, destroy, and kill for the state in order to collect a government paycheck. And to the extent that patriotism has anything to do with it—cursed be that patriotism.
I don’t support the troops. And I don’t support asinine propositions. Do you?
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
Here's an interesting article written by L.Vance among other things regarding "supporting the troops"



If and when the United States government intervenes militarily in some way in Syria, there is no question that U.S. military personnel will take the lives and destroy the property of people that had never harmed an American or threatened the United States in any way.
And most Americans won’t even care.
Should military intervention occur, the following asinine proposition will be repeated ad nauseam just like a version of it has been repeated incessantly ever since U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Afghanistan:
I don’t support the U.S. military intervening in Syria, but I support the troops.
This is utter nonsense. This is pious drivel. This is idiocy on parade. This is lunacy.
Yet, even though the majority of Americans say they don’t want war with Syria, the majority of them will still say we should support the troops, pray for the troops, and thank the troops for their service.
Sometimes an attempt is made to justify this nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy by supplementing it with one or more of the following:

  • The troops are just following orders.
  • Old men make wars, but young men fight them.
  • The troops have a duty to serve the country when they are called upon.
  • Military intervention is the fault of the politicians, not the soldiers.
  • It is better to fight “over there” instead of “over here.”
  • Whatever the troops do in Syria is the fault of Obama the commander in chief.
  • The troops didn’t ask to go to Syria.
  • There are a lot of good people in the military.
  • The troops will go fight where they are told because they are patriotic.
  • The troops are not responsible for where they are sent.
  • Many soldiers had no choice but to join the military since they could not find a job.
  • U.S. soldiers only kill those who try to kill them.
But none of these change anything; the proposition is still nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy.
You can’t support the troops without supporting what they do; you can’t separate soldiers from solidering.
Reciting this asinine proposition about supporting the troops is just like saying:

  • I don’t support garbage men emptying the trash, but I support them as garbage men.
  • I don’t support doctors performing abortions, but I support them as doctors.
  • I don’t support landscapers mowing the grass, but I support them as landscapers.
  • I don’t support TSA agents groping passengers, but I support them as TSA agents.
Sounds ridiculous, I know; but why doesn’t the asinine proposition about soldiers sound just as ridiculous?
The primary job of a soldier is to destroy infrastructure and make widows and orphans—whenever he is told to do so and without questioning his orders. Perhaps killing people they shouldn’t kill and breaking things they shouldn’t break wasn’t always the top priority of U.S. soldiers, but it certainly is now. Since World War II, the U.S. military has been usedexclusively for purposes other than the actual defense of the country. And if that weren’t bad enough, most of these purposes have been nefarious and offensive. Since World War II, U.S. soldiers have functioned exclusively as the president’s personal attack force staffed by mercenaries willing to obey his latest command to bomb, invade, occupy, and otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems necessary.
When U.S. troops go to Syria, and people say that they support the troops but not their mission in Syria, what exactly will we supposed to think they mean? Will they be saying that they

  • support the troops painting equipment?
  • support the troops marching in formation on the base?
  • support the troops cleaning their weapons?
  • support the troops making their beds?
  • support the troops sweeping the floor in their barracks?
  • support the troops working out?
  • support the troops performing vehicle maintenance?
  • support the troops washing the fighter jets?
Are any of these things reason why U.S. troops returning home from Syria will be applauded in airports? Then how is it that people can say they support the troops but not their mission?
The ultimate reason why senseless U.S. foreign wars take place is not because of the president, the Congress, and the politicians; it is because there is no shortage of Americans willing to bomb, maim, destroy, and kill for the state in order to collect a government paycheck. And to the extent that patriotism has anything to do with it—cursed be that patriotism.
I don’t support the troops. And I don’t support asinine propositions. Do you?
You used the word interesting. I have to say, asinine.
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
Is it conceivable the UN want 2 (or 3) weeks to compile a report so as to hopefully give time for heads to cool?
Also, in that time, Syria has a chance to prove ITS innocence while continuing to push out al-Nusra and the rest of the crazy "allahu-akhbar" robots. The sooner the 3rd element is removed from the picture, the sooner the real "opposition" can sit down in diplomatic discussion with Asshat. That's assuming they want diplomacy, as their supposed cries for "freedom and democracy" imply.

As for the quick turnover in the US analysis...meh... it's possible. But where did they get these blood and hair samples from? How many samples?
Details, details, details... that's one thing Kerry has been short with...

And now the French are going to be releasing their own "evidence" proving Syria was "stockpiling CWs"...
If that is the extent of their argument, then this is going to be a twisted joke...
I wonder if their "evidence" is also going to claim "there is no proof of the rebels having CW capabilities"?
Hey, this is never knee-jerk. Nor will the Leader ever tell the truth. That is Treason. The Press says all that. Our leaders make statements that I for one, listen to in whole. Obviously we have been planning this for quite some time, along with France and that let's GB opt out this time. So what? It is a 300 year war for us, and a 600 year war for them.

Then, I for one, have learned how to ignore the every other word in the Press. The every other word is the Emotion Tampering, the People punt to the Press for.

Every other word is a Grand Mind Fuck, if you don't pay attention. Ignore the smmary mind control phrases and word choices..

I can sit with you (or my wife, much better) and point this out. We pause it on the DVR and go back and review the bullshit side. On CNN it is seriously every other word is a smarmy mind fuck. Fox doesn't bother. They 2 part. Part 1 is bullshit.

Then right before commercial break, they swing in with part 2, to cover a tiny bit of their ass and...".that is all the time we have. A hard break." Some commercial sweeps in and all is left is the dive in BULLSHIT and emotion tampering of part 1.

They have the shit job of educating the kiddy coma survivors. And we all woke up one day, and that happens in droves everyday. Fresh meat for the grand Bend Over.

Don't you realize now, this entire Arab Spring phasing and Tampering was just a way to break us into the new chapter of Jefferson's War? We don't pay attention. That has to be forced.

WE actual force them to Tamper us, because it is self rule even if no one pays attention.

Still it has be the VOTE that decides.
 

burgertime2010

Well-Known Member
I am going to call this a scam without any information....I'd bet 100. Chemical, nuclear, shrapnel....why should this be the factor that decides our involvement? We are better off uninformed in a way....just say no.
 

Jimdamick

Well-Known Member
I don't now about you guy's and girls, but I am fucking sick of the US being at war. Since I have been born, the US has always been involved in "police actions" around the fucking globe. When will the American people get sick of this shit and say enough is enough. Probably never as long as we elect stupid fucking politicians who think we are the saviors of the "free world", and the fools that the American people seem to be buy into their bull shit, with relish. It seems that the American's like being a warrior nation. It looks that way to me. It's just tragic that hundred of thousands of American soldiers have to pay for their bloodthirsty entertainment with their lives.
 

heckler73

Well-Known Member
I don't now about you guy's and girls, but I am fucking sick of the US being at war.
I'm rather sick of it, too... And I'm in high confidence the rest of the world is in agreement; hence, this current discussion/investigation/exhibition.

This war is rife with deception, as Doer has cryptically noted frequently, and this most recent catalyzing event is just the tip of the iceberg.
Going back through the record, one will find the same story being replayed...perhaps the characters are changed, and locations, incidents, etc. But a consistent variable in each episode is this Fog of War, albeit, perhaps not in the strictest sense of Clausewitz' definition.

The Gas Attack in Aleppo, March 2013... Russians investigated and found evidence suggesting "rebel" manufacture of Sarin (I'm still tracking down the UN report itself).
The Houla Massacre...originally attributed to the Regime, but many inconsistencies between accounts along with the peculiarly guided tour by the FSA for the UN makes any information retrieved suspect. And that's not factoring in the actual victims' allegiances into the equation.

I've also been pondering the influence of pride in Assad's poor decisions. I notice he is seeking involvement from the UN more. What kept him from being more cooperative sooner? If not pride, was it guilt? And it is questions such as this which keep the mind turning-over. The answers become so blurred, everything is reduced to possibility and probability...

Then there are the internet issues. The most recent being in Aleppo (once again).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/30/syrias-largest-city-just-dropped-off-the-internet/
Is this coincidence or are these outages a tactic being used to prevent communication at critical times? What devious things might be happening? And who is being prevented from communicating?
Facebook and Google Maps as tactical war tools? I suppose... they sure like using YouTube !!!
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.
 

Rob Roy

Well-Known Member
You used the word interesting. I have to say, asinine.
Mr. Dangerous Arm Wrestling Guy,

Why do you support killing babies? Couldn't you just arm wrestle them until they cry and then you would feel all manly? Please consider that option..."for the children".
 

Rob Roy

Well-Known Member
Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.
Why do you let other people drag you into their "we"? How many Syrians are you personally in conflict with? Why do you want to kill them? Couldn't you just show them your big arm wrestling muscles and make them give you Syrian bread and make them promise not to bust your balls about "we"?
 

heckler73

Well-Known Member
Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.
How about 1491 ? I don't think the American military was very active then... probably playing lacrosse or something at the pow-wows...
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
Well, here is a fact. You picked the wrong year.

January 27, 1941 – World War II – Attack on Pearl Harbor: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew passes on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.


  • April 9 – The U.S. acquires full military defense rights in Greenland.
  • April 10 – World War II: The U.S. destroyer Niblack, while picking up survivors from a sunken Dutch freighter, drops depth charges on a German U-boat (the first "shot in anger" fired by America against Germany).
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
So let us jump back in case you don't understand. Conflict and guarding never stops.

At home during 1919 and 1920 Army forces continued the guard on the border of Mexico required by revolutionary disturbances in that country. Because of the lack of National Guard forces (not yet reorganized) the active Army until the summer of 1921 also had to supply troops on numerous occasions to help suppress domestic disorders, chiefly arising out of labor disputes and race conflicts in a restless postwar America.
Abroad, a newly activated United States Third Army moved into Germany on December 1, 1918, to occupy a segment of territory between Luxembourg and the Rhine River around Coblenz. As many as nine divisions participated in the German occupation during the spring of 1919. Similarly, an Army regiment sent to Italy before the end of hostilities participated for four months in the occupation of Austria. In Germany, American troops had no unusual difficulties with the populace, and soon after the peace conference ended in May 1919 the occupation forces were rapidly reduced. They numbered about 15,000 at the beginning of 1920. After rejecting the Treaty of Versailles the United States

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remained technically at war with Germany until the summer of 1921.
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It never stops our involvement in conflict. Don't buy the Party for pussy, (though that does work) Find pussy that doesn't buy it.


Dates indicate the years in which the United States was involved in the war.
War or conflict's name(s)Campaign or TheaterOpponent(s)TimeConclusion(s)
American Revolutionary War or
American War of Independence
Great Britain
Loyalists
Iroquois
Cherokee
September 1, 1774 –
September 3, 1783
American victory
Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes independence of the United States of America
Boston Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
September 1, 1774 –
March 17, 1776
Colonial victory, British forces driven from Boston area
Western Theater
part of the American Revolutionary War
American Indians
Great Britain
1775 –
1778
Military stalemate, United States diplomatic victory; Spanish Louisiana successfully defended
Southern Theater
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
1775 –
1782
Decisive Franco/American victory
Surrender of British army at Yorktown
Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War
part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
1775 –
1783
Treaty of Paris
Invasion of Canada (1775) or
Canadian Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Canadian militia
June 1775 –
October 1776
American defeat, Defeat of Colonial invasion; British counter-offensive
Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794)
Part of the American Revolutionary War
American Indians
Great Britain
Cherokee
Shawnee
Seminole
Ojibway
Creek
Chickamauga
Meskwaki
Miami
Mingo
Kickapoo
Lenape
Mascouten
Potawatomi
Sauk
Wyandot
1776 –
1794
Decisive American victory:
  • United States diplomatic victory, American rights in Treaty of Paris successfully defended
  • Britain recognizes independence of the United States and cedes forts and influence in Indian territory.
New York and New Jersey Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Waldeck-Pyrmont
July 1776 –
March 1777
New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory
New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory
Philadelphia Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Ansbach-Bayreuth
1777 –
1778
British occupation then evacuation of Philadelphia
Saratoga Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Brunswick-luneburg
Hesse-Hanau
Iroquois Confederation (except Oneida (tribe)s)
June 14, 1777 –
October 17, 1777
Decisive American victory:
  • Surrender of British army
  • Entry of France into the war
Northern Theater
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
1778 –
1782
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Gulf Coast campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Choctaw
Creek
1779 –
1782
Decisive Spanish/American victory
Yorktown Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Great Britain
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Hesse-Kassel
January –
October, 1781
Decisive Franco/American victory
Northwest Indian War or
Little Turtle's War or
Miami Campaign
Western Confederacy
Canadian Militia
1785 –
1795
American victory, Treaty of Greenville
Quasi-War or
Franco-American War or
Half War
French Republic1798 –
1800
Indecisive American victory:
  • End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
  • United States neutrality and renunciation of claims against France
First Barbary War or
Barbary Coast War or
Tripolitan War
Vilayet of Tripoli
Morocco
1801 –
1805
American victory, peace treaty
Tecumseh's War or
Tecumseh's Rebellion
Tecumseh's ConfederacyAugust –
November 1811
American victory, peace treaty
War of 1812 or
Second War of Independence
British Empire
Shawnee
Red Sticks
Ojibway
Chickamauga
Meskwaki
Iroquois
Miami
Mingo
Odawa
Kickapoo
Lenape
Mascouten
Potawatomi
Sauk
Wyandot
June 18, 1812 –
March 23, 1815
Treaty of Ghent
Status quo ante bellum
Atlantic Theater
Part of the War of 1812
British Empire
1812 –
1815
British blockade of America:
Chesapeake Campaign
Part of the Atlantic Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
1813 –
1814
Inconclusive:
Great Lakes and Western Theater
Part of the War of 1812
British Empire
1812 –
1815
American control of Lake Erie, British control of remaining four lake:
Canadian Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
1812 –
1813
Indecisive:
American Northwest Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
1813Inconclusive:
American West Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
1813 –
1814
Inconclusive, British maintain control of Fort Mackinac:
Niagara Frontier Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
American invasion force defeated:
St. Lawrence and Lower Canada Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
Niagara and Plattsburgh Campaigns
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812
British Empire
1814Inconclusive, Americans regain control of Lake Champlain:
Southern Theater
Part of the War of 1812
British Empire
1814 –
1815
Decisive American victory:
Creek War
Part of the Southern Theater of the War of 1812
Red Stick Creek1813 –
1814
American/Allied Native American victory
Second Barbary War or
Algerian War
Algiers1815American victory
West Indies Anti-Piracy OperationsCaribbean Pirates1817 –
1825
American victory
First Seminole WarSeminole
Spanish Florida
November 22, 1817 –
April 12, 1818
American victory
African Anti-Slavery OperationsAfrican Slave Traders1819 –
1861
Atlantic slave trade suppressed by 1861
Callao Affair
Spain
November 5 –
6, 1820
Spanish vow to punish those responsible for attacks on American shipping.
Arikara WarArikara1823The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota
Aegean Anti-Piracy OperationsGreek Pirates1825 –
1828
United States victory
Winnebago War or
Le Fèvre Indian War
Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks, with a few allies1827United States victory; Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
First Sumatran ExpeditionChiefdom of Kuala BateeFebruary 6 –
February 9, 1832
United States victory
Black Hawk War or
Black Hawk Campaign
Black Hawk's British Band, with Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi alliesMay–August 1832United States victory
Second Seminole War or
Florida War
SeminoleDecember 23, 1835 –
August 14, 1842
3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory, 300 remain in Everglades
United States Exploring ExpeditionFiji [HR][/HR] Samoa [HR][/HR] Tabiteuea1838 –
1842
Successful expedition, victory in battle with aboriginals
Second Sumatran ExpeditionChiefdom of Quallah BattooDecember 1838 –
January 1839
United States victory, Malays agree to cease attacks on American vessels
Capture of Monterey
Mexico
October 19–20, 1842United States captures Monterey
Battle of KororarekaMāoriMarch 11, 1845Māori victory
Mexican–American War or
Mexican War
Mexico
April 25, 1846 –
February 2, 1848
Decisive United States victory:
Texas Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War
Mexico
1846Decisive US victory: All Mexican forces pushed out of State of Texas, Mexican bandits suppressed
Conquest of California
Part of the Mexican-American War
Mexico
1846 –
1847
Decisive US victory:
United States annexed the Republic of California

New Mexico and Arizona Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War
Mexico
1846 –
1847
Decisive US victory:
  • All Mexican forces pushed out of region
  • Territory annexed to the US
  • Indian tribal nations recognize US suzerainty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Pacific Coast Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War
Mexico
1847 –
1848
Decisive US victory
  • Indian tribal nations recognize US suzerainty
Mexico City Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War
Mexico
1847Decisive US victory
Cayuse WarCayuse1847 –
1855
United States victory
Pitt River ExpeditionTolowa
Nomlaki
Chimariko
Wintun
April 28 –
September 13, 1850
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Apache WarsApache
Ute
Yavapai
1851 –
1900
Decisive American victory,
Apaches moved to reservations
Bombardment of San Juan del Norte or
Bombardment of Greytown
Nicaragua
July 13, 1854United States victory, town severely damaged
Puget Sound WarNisqually
Muckleshoot
Puyallup
Klickitat
Haida
Tlingit
1855 –
1856
Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Rogue River WarsRogue River people1855 –
1856
Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War or
Billy Bowlegs War
Seminole1855 –
1858
United States victory
Yakima WarYakama1855 –
1858
American victory, peace treaty
Battle of Ty-ho BayChinese PiratesAugust 4, 1855Anglo-American victory
First Fiji ExpeditionFijiOctober 1855United States victory in battle, objective failed
Second Opium War or
Second Anglo-Chinese War or
Second China War
Qing Dynasty
1856 –
1859
Treaty of Tianjin June 18, 1858
Navajo WarsNavajo1858 –
1866
United States victory, Long Walk of the Navajo
Second Fiji ExpeditionFiji6–16 October 1858United States victory
Paraguay Expedition
Paraguay
1859Paraguay extended an apology to the United States, indemnified the family of the slain Water Witch crewman, and granted the United States a new and highly advantageous commercial treaty
Paiute War or
Paiute Indian War or
Pyramid Lake War
Paiute
Bannock
Shoshone
1860United States victory
Reform War ConservativesMarch 6, 1860United States victory
American Civil War or
War Between the States
Confederate States of America
April 12, 1861 –
April 9, 1865
Union victory:
Eastern Theater
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate States of America
1861 –
1865
Union victory
Western Theater
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate States of America
1861 –
1865
Union victory
Lower Seaboard Theater
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate States of America
1862 –
1865
Union victory
Pacific Coast Theater
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate States of America
1862 –
1865
Union victory
Trans-Mississippi Theater
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate States of America
1862 –
1865
Union victory
Bombardment of Qui Nhơn or
Cochinchina Campaign
Nguyen DynastyJuly 31, 1861United States victory, fort silenced
Dakota War of 1862 or
Sioux Uprising or
Sioux Outbreak of 1862
Dakota SiouxAugust 17 –
December 26, 1862
United States victory
Colorado War
Cheyenne
Arapaho
1863 –
1865
United States victory
Battles for Shimonoseki
Chōshū Domain
July 20, 1863 –
September 6, 1864
Decisive Allied victory
Snake WarPaiute
Bannock
Shoshone
1864 –
1868
United States victory
Powder River Expedition or
Connor Expedition
Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho
1865United States victory; raids along Bozeman trail stopped
Red Cloud's War or
Bozeman War or
Powder River War
Lakota
Cheyenne
Arapaho
1866 –
1868
United States victory:
Comanche Campaign or
Comanche War
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
1867 –
1875
United States victory
Formosa Expedition or
Taiwan Expedition of 1867
PaiwanJune 1867United States objectives failed
Korean Expedition or
Shinmiyangyo
Joseon Dynasty
June 1, 1871 –
July 3, 1871
United States military victory, United States diplomatic failure; Korean-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Modoc War or
Modoc Campaign or
Lava Beds War
Modoc
July 6, 1872 –
June 4, 1873
United States victory
Red River War
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
June 27, 1874 –
June 1875
United States victory; end to the Texas-Indian Wars
Black Hills War or
Great Sioux War of 1876–77 or
Little Big Horn Campaign
Lakota
Northern Cheyenne
Arapaho
1876 –
1877
United States victory
Nez Perce War or
Nez Perce Campaign
Nez Perce
1877United States victory
Bannock War or
Bannock Campaign
Bannock
Shoshone
1878United States victory
Cheyenne War or
Cheyenne Campaign
Cheyenne
1878 –
1879
United States victory
Sheepeater Indian War
Shoshone
1879United States victory
White River War or
Ute War or
Ute Campaign
Ute1879 –
1880
United States victory
Pine Ridge Campaign or
Ghost Dance War
Sioux
November 1890 –
January 1891
United States victory
Second Samoan Civil WarMataafans1898 –
1899
Mataafan victory, Mata'afa Iosefo becomes high chief of Samoa; United States acquires American Samoa, Germany acquires German Samoa
Spanish–American War
Spain
April 25 –
August 12, 1898
United States victory:
Caribbean Theater
Part of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898US victory
Cuban Campaign
Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898US victory
Puerto Rican Campaign
Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898Militarily inconclusive, Spain cedes Puerto Rico in accordance with the accords of the Treaty of Paris of 1898
Pacific Theater
Part of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898US victory
Guam Campaign
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898United States victory:
  • United States captures Guam
Philippine Campaign
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War
Spain
1898Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government during Spanish–American War (1898)
Moro Rebellion
Sultanate of Sulu
Moro
1899 –
1913
United States victory
Philippine–American War or
Philippine War of Independence or
Philippine Insurrection
First Philippine Republic
Revolutionary forces
Pulajanes
June 2, 1899 –
July 4, 1902
United States victory and dissolution of the First Philippine Republic; The Philippine Islands becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States
Boxer Rebellion or
The Boxer Uprising
Righteous Harmony Society
Qing Empire
September 28, 1899 –
August 15, 1900
Alliance victory
Occupation of Nicaragua or
Nicaraguan Campaign
Liberal rebels1912 –
1933
United States victory
Mexican Revolution or
Mexican Expedition or
Pancho Villa Expedition
Mexico
Yaqui
April 21, 1914 –
June 16, 1919
Porfirio Diaz ousted from power and exiled in France, Convention of Aguascalientes between revolutionary leaders, Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted, assassination of important revolutionary leaders Madero, Zapata and Carranza, founding of the National Revolutionary Party
Occupation of Haiti or
Haitian Campaign or
Caco War
Haiti
Caco rebels
July 28, 1915 –
August 1, 1934
United States victory, Cacos defeated, Haiti occupied.
Occupation of the Dominican Republic or
Dominican Campaign
Dominican Republic
1916 –
1924
United States victory, Dominican Republic occupied.
World War I or
First World War or
Great War
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
1917 –
1918
Armistice with Germany November 11, 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919
Treaty of Berlin (August 25, 1921)
Treaty of Trianon (in part)
Allied victory:
Asian and Pacific Theatre
Part of World War I
Germany
1917 –
1918
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
European Theatre
Part of World War I
Germany
Austria-Hungary
1917 –
1918
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Italian Campaign
Part of the European Theatre of World War I
Germany
Austria-Hungary
1917 –
1918
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
Western Front
Part of the European Theatre of World War I
Germany
Austria-Hungary
1917 –
1918
Allied victory; Collapse of the German Empire.
First Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War I
Germany
1917 –
1918
Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles
Russian Civil War
Russia
1918 –
1920
Allied withdrawal from Russia
North Russia Campaign
Part of the Russian Civil War
Russia
1918 –
1920
Allied withdrawal
Siberian Intervention
Part of the Russian Civil War
Russia
1918 –
1920
Allied withdrawal
World War II or
Second World War
Nazi Germany
Empire of Japan
Fascist Italy
Italian Social Republic
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Thailand
Croatia
December 7, 1941 –
September 2, 1945
Allied victory:
Pacific War
Part of World War II
Empire of Japan
Thailand
Free India
1941 –
1945
Decisive Allied victory
End of World War II:
Burma Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
Thailand
Free India
January 1942 –
July 1945
Decisive Allied victory, leading to later Independence of Burma in 1948
Solomon Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
January 1942 –
August 21, 1945
Decisive Allied victory
New Guinea Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
January 23, 1942 –
August 1945
Allied victory
Aleutian Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
June 3, 1942 –
August 15, 1943
Allied victory
Guadalcanal Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
August 7, 1942 –
February 9, 1943
Strategic Allied victory
Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
November, 1943 –
February 1944
Allied victory
Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
June –
November 1944
American victory
Philippines Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
Second Philippine Republic
October 20, 1944 –
September 2, 1945
Allied victory; Allied forces liberate the Philippines
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
January –
June 1945
Allied victory
Japan Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
February 16 –
July 23, 1945
Allied victory
Borneo Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
Empire of Japan
May 1 –
August 1, 1945
Allied victory; the Japanese are pushed further from Australia
Second Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War II
Germany
Italy
Vichy France
1941 –
1945
Decisive Allied victory
Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters
Part of World War II
Germany
Italy
Vichy France
Italian Social Republic
1941 –
1945
Allied victory
Egypt–Libya Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II
Germany1942 –
1943
Allied forces finally succeed in driving all Axis forces out of Libya
Algeria-French Morocco Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II
Vichy France
Germany (naval participation in Morocco)
November 8–16, 1942Allied victory
Tunisia Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II
Germany
Italy
November 17, 1942 –
May 13, 1943
Decisive Allied victory
Sicily Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II
Italy
Germany
July 9 –
August 17, 1943
Allied victory
European Theater
Part of World War II
Germany
Italy
Vichy France
Italian Social Republic
Hungary
1943 –
1945
Decisive Allied victory:
  • Fall of Nazi Germany (concurrently with Eastern Front)
  • Fall of Fascist Italy
  • Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe
  • Partition of Germany (1945)
Naples-Foggia Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
Italy
(to 8 September)
September 3, 1943 –
September 16, 1943
Allied victory
Anzio Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
Italian Social Republic
January 22, 1944 –
June 4, 1944
Operation successful; VI Corps established beachhead; Battle of Anzio followed
Rome-Arno Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
January 22, 1944 –
September 9, 1944
German resistance crumbled
Normandy Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
GermanyJune 6, 1944 –
mid-July 1944
Decisive Allied victory
Northern France Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
GermanyJune 6 –
August 15, 1944
Decisive Allied victory
Southern France Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
August 15, 1944 –
September 14, 1944
Allied victory
North Apennines Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
Italian Social Republic
August 25 –
December 17, 1944
Inconclusive
Rhineland Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
GermanyAugust 25, 1944 –
March 1945
Allied victory
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II GermanyDecember 16, 1944 –
January 18, 1945
Allied victory
Central Europe Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany Hungary
February 8, 1945 –
May 8, 1945
Allied victory
Po Valley Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II
Germany
Italian Social Republic
April 6, 1945 –
May 2, 1945
Decisive Allied victory:
  • German surrender in Italy
  • Italian Social Republic disestablished
Cold War
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
East Germany
Albania
People's Republic of China
North Korea
Cuba
North Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Afghanistan
Grenada
1947 –
1991
Dissolution of the USSR
Korean War or
Korean Conflict or
The Forgotten War

Part of the Cold War
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
1950 –
1953
Cease-fire armistice, North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled, Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis
Merklín Incident
Part of the Cold War
CzechoslovakiaMarch 10, 1953American F-84 shot down
First Indochina War or
French Indochina War
Part of the Cold War
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
1950 –
1954
Geneva Conference
Departure of the French from Indochina
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Part of the Cold War
Cuba
1961Invasion expelled
Vietnam War or
Vietnam Conflict or
Second Indochina War

Part of the Cold War
North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
1953 –
1973
Peace treaty between Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) signed at Paris Peace Accords. Armed forces of the American forces withdraw from Indochina.
1975 Spring Offensive or
Vietnam War or
Vietnam Conflict

Part of the Cold War
North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
1975Paris Peace Accord broken. Dissolution annexation of the Republic of Vietnam by Democratic Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnamese Vietnamese boat people granted asylum by the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Japan
Laotian Civil War or
Secret War

Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
1953 –
1975
Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Cambodian Civil War
Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War
National United Front of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)
1970 –
1975
Fall of the Khmer Republic to the Khmer Rouge; creation of Democratic Kampuchea; Beginning of Cambodian Genocide
Congo Crisis
part of the Cold War
Congo (Stanleyville)
Simba Maoists
Soviet Union
Cuba
United Arab Republic
Algeria
Congo-Brazzaville
Tanzania
Burundi
People's Republic of China
Katanga
South Kasai
Belgium
South Africa
Rhodesia
June 30, 1960 –
November 25, 1965
United States victory, Joseph Mobutu seizes power, start of Zaire
Invasion of the Dominican Republic or
Operation Power Pack

Part of the Cold War
Dominican Republic
Supported by:
Cuba
April 28, 1965 –
September 1966
United States victory, Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer
Yom Kippur War or
October War

part of the Cold War
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Tunisia
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Cuba
Palestinian Liberation Organization
North Korea
October 6–25, 1973Israeli tactical victory, Geneva Conference and the Sinai Interim Agreement, both Egypt and Israel achieve political and strategic gains
Soviet war in Afghanistan or
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan or
Soviet-Afghan War

part of the Cold War
Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
December 24, 1979 –
February 15, 1989
United States victory, beginning of Taliban and Al Qaeda
Invasion of Grenada or
Operation Urgent Fury

Part of the Cold War
Grenada
Cuba
25 October –
15 December 1983
Decisive United States/CPF victory
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s or
Operation Blue Bat
Puerto Rican nationalists
October 30, 1950United States victory
1958 Lebanon crisis or
Operation Blue Bat
Lebanese Rebels
July 15 –
October 25, 1958
Opposition successfully intimidated[SUP][clarification needed][/SUP]
Colombian ConflictGuerrillas1964–presentconflict ongoing
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident or
First Gulf of Sidra Incident
LibyaAugust 19, 1981US victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations
Lebanese Civil War or
Multinational Force in Lebanon
Shia militia
Druze miltia
Syria
August 24, 1982 –
February 7, 1984
Withdrawal starting February 7
Action in the Gulf of Sidra or
Operation Prairie Fire
LibyaMarch 1986Tactical US victory
Bombing of Libya or
Operation El Dorado Canyon
LibyaApril 15, 1986Tactical US victory
Iran-Iraq War or
Operation Earnest Will or
Tanker War
Iran
1987 –
1988
Operation Prime Chance, Operation Nimble Archer, Operation Praying Mantis; United States victory
1989 Gulf of Sidra incident or
Second Gulf of Sidra Incident
LibyaJanuary 4, 1989Both sides claimed victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations
Invasion of Panama or
Operation Just Cause
Panama PDF
December 20, 1989 –
January 31, 1990
Decisive United States victory
Gulf War or
Persian Gulf War or
Operation Desert Storm
Iraq
August 2, 1990 –
February 28, 1991
Coalition victory:
Iraqi no-fly zones Iraq1991 –
2003
Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993), Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (1996), Operation Northern Watch, Operation Desert Fox, Operation Southern Focus; Coalition victory
Somali Civil War or
Operation Restore Hope
Various Somali factions1992 –
1994
Multinational success
Bosnian War or
Operation Deliberate Force
Republika Srpska
1993 –
1995
Dayton Accords
Operation Uphold Democracy
Haiti
19 September 1994 –
31 March 1995

Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti
Bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan or
Operation Infinite Reach
Al-Qaeda
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
National Islamic Front
August 20, 1998Disputed
Kosovo War or
Operation Allied Force or
Operation Noble Anvil
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
March 24 –
June 10, 1999
Kumanovo Treaty, UN Security Council Resolution 1244; Reflagged as KFOR in 1999 in support of Operation Joint Guardian
War on Terror Al-Qaeda
Taliban
Caucasian militants
Al-Shabaab
Islamic Courts Union
Iraqi insurgents
Hamas
Hezbollah
Baath Party Loyalists
7 October 2001 –
present
Ongoing:
Operation Enduring Freedom
Part of the War on Terror
In Afghanistan:
In the Philippines:

In Somalia:

In Sahara:

7 October 2001 –
present
Conflicts ongoing;
War in Afghanistan or
Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror
Insurgent groups:
[HR][/HR] 2001 Invasion:

October 7, 2001 –
present
Conflict ongoing:
Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines or
Operation Freedom Eagle
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror
Jemaah Islamiyah
Abu Sayyaf
Rajah Sulaiman Movement
al-Qaeda
15 January 2002 –
present
Conflict ongoing
Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror
Insurgents: al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Dis) Islamic Courts Union (Dis)
Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen
Hizbul Islam (Dis)

al-Qaeda

[HR][/HR] See: Somali Civil War Pirates:
Somali Pirates

  • Somali Marines
  • National Volunteer Coast Guard (NVCG)
  • Marka group
  • Puntland Group
Yemeni Pirates
7 October 2002 –
present
Conflict ongoing
Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror
al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb6 February 2007 –
present
Conflict ongoing
Iraq War or
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Part of the War on Terror
Insurgent groups:
Baath Party Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq
al-Qaeda in Iraq (2003–11)
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
Islamic Army of Iraq
Ansar al-Sunnah [HR][/HR] Iraq
March 20, 2003 –
December 15, 2011
United States/Coalition victory, Coalition combat operations concluded, low level internal conflict ongoing:
War in North-West Pakistan or
Operation Freedom Eagle
Part of the War on Terror
Taliban
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
TNSM
Al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Islam
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Ghazi Force
March 16, 2004 –
present
Conflict ongoing:
  • Ongoing insurgency
  • Large part of FATA under Taliban control
  • Shifting public support for the Pakistani government
Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
Part of the War on Terror
Islamic Emirate of Abyan
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen
January 14, 2010 –
present
Conflict ongoing
Second Liberian Civil WarLiberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
Movement for Democracy in Liberia
2003US forces withdraw in 2003 after UNMIL is established
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Lord's Resistance Army
supported by:
Sudan
October 2011 –
Present
Crisis ongoing
2011 Libyan civil war or
Operation Odyssey Dawn
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
March 19 –
October 23, 2011
Coalition victory:
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
I didn't forget it. We are talking about Military Conflict, not Paramilitary-DEA.

In fact, you missed it, All the Paramilitary CIA conflicts and the the current SpecOPs are not listed. Still secret.
 

Rob Roy

Well-Known Member
I didn't forget it. We are talking about Military Conflict, not Paramilitary-DEA.

In fact, you missed it, All the Paramilitary CIA conflicts and the the current SpecOPs are not listed. Still secret.
You forgot Cambodia, no wait, that didn't happen.
 

Doer

Well-Known Member
Except you now militarily support Sunni Jihad...

So yeah...
Complicated...I will grant you. But some among us know the composition of the Syrian opposition, better than others I see.

Apart for the actual Stateless mutt animals, there is plenty of Persian and Pastun. They like to fight.

And will they back Sunni until the knife in the back of the Sunni? You bet.

But, what I speak of the uber-Jihad warlord of Sunni. Pasha Bey, before and now Sadam Hussain and the Assad croak, sure to hang.

These are the Gestapo dregs set in motion as the Baathist Party. Thugs will hang in the never ending messing with Sunni Jihad. It isn't even a War, it is Jefferson's Mind Fuck. It is long term intentional damage to Sunni power. But, it is a religion. Can't stamp it out.

We can only hope these two War Cults will calm down and become the religions of peace. But, Christians are not Peaceful.

And after all this time of the peaceful wandering Jew, Sunni Jihad has created the Fist of Zion for us.

How about that?

So, now, sit back for vast and head scratching mess that has to go into the Sunni mind about what we really mean here.

All lies. I'm listening to McCain and the other guy (shrug :) ) and they are cheerleading for Obama in double=talk. Party line double=talk. The Press has swerved to repeating double=talk.

It will be nothing they want us to think. I never has been. The Congress will now say.

Rolling Thunder.

And Obama will punt and say, Well, I tried to limit it but the Republicans are dead set. ( use your Clinton voice there.)
 
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