I’m Sick Of War
As I listen to Obama’s speech to increase troops in Afghanistan, all I can think of is, the US has been in some kind of war my entire life. Just so you know, I was born between the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Afghanistan and Iraq are similar; expensive, causing unnecessary loss of life that once again is scarring this country.
During the election Obama talked about Afghanistan being the right war and Iraq was wrong headed. All wars are the wrong war. All wars are wrong headed. Obama made these statements to get the left believing we will leave Iraq and focus on the right war, Afghanistan. For the right, Obama was a war guy. It boils down to pandering.
Everyone was behind Obama’s pre election declarations, but now that Obama is sending troops again, everyone is sick of war. Sorry, but everyone should have been sick and tired of war when Bush was sending troops to Iraq and running up the national debt. Everyone should have been sick and tired of war when Rumsfeld talked about shock and awe. Everyone should have been sick of war 8 years ago and 5,130 dead soldiers ago.
We are a war nation. No way to get around it. The US has been is some kind of war whether declared or not since the Revolution. Not to mention all the wars fought by American Colonist. And yet we call ourselves “a peaceful people.”
Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 15, 2005
| Dates | War in Which American Colonists or United States Citizens Officially Participated |
Major Combatants |
| July 4, 1675 – August 12, 1676 |
King Philip’s War | New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians |
| 1689-1697 | King William’s War | The English Colonies vs. France |
| 1702-1713 | Queen Anne’s War War of Spanish Succession) | The English Colonies vs. France |
| 1744-1748 | King George’s War (War of Austrian Succession) | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
| 1756-1763 | French and Indian War (Seven Years War) | The French Colonies vs. Great Britain |
| 1759-1761 | Cherokee War | English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians |
| 1775-1783 | American Revolution | English Colonists vs. Great Britain |
| 1798-1800 | Franco-American Naval War | United States vs. France |
| 1801-1805; 1815 | Barbary Wars | United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli |
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | United States vs. Great Britain |
| 1813-1814 | Creek War | United States vs. Creek Indians |
| 1836 | War of Texas Independence | Texas vs. Mexico |
| 1846-1848 | Mexican-American War | United States vs. Mexico |
| 1861-1865 | U.S. Civil War | Union vs. Confederacy |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War | United States vs. Spain |
| 1914-1918 | World War I | Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917. |
| 1939-1945 | World War II | Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia |
| 1950-1953 | Korean War | United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China |
| 1960-1975 | Vietnam War | United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam |
| 1961 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | United States vs. Cuba |
| 1983 | Grenada | United States Intervention |
| 1989 | US Invasion of Panama | United States vs. Panama |
| 1990-1991 | Persian Gulf War | United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
| 1995-1996 | Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina | United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia |
| 2001 | Invasion of Afghanistan | United States and Coalition Forces vs. the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism. |
| 2003 | Invasion of Iraq | United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq |
How many walls do we need?
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