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It depresses me to realize that not a single decade of my life has passed without US military action Larry Send a noteboard - 05/09/2013 07:28:39 AM

I was born in 1974. Even discounting the events at the end of the Vietnam War (1973-1975), this is what I can recall off of the top of my head:

1980 - Failed rescue of Iranian hostages.

1982 - invastion of Grenada. Bloodless, yes, but still armed intervention.

1983 - suicide bombing in Beirut. This after some Marines were sent into the maelstrom that was the Lebanese Civil War.

1989 - Panama. Capture of Noriega.

1990-1991 - Persian Gulf War buildup and attack.

early 1990s - Somalia.

1999 - Yugoslavia/Kosovo.

2001-present - Afghanistan.

2003-2010 (or later) - Iraq, part deux. The sequel was bloodier, more violent, and pretty much sucked ass.

And now apparently Syria will be next. No more than 6 years in my nearly 40 years has the US managed to avoid whipping out its military dick. Sure, some of the justifications are better than others, but here's a sobering question:

How many other nations can you name that have been as involved or more so in the affairs of other, presumably sovereign nations on a military level? It's depressing to consider this and the alternatives do not make for cheery thoughts, either.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
This message last edited by Larry on 11/09/2013 at 03:46:35 AM
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It depresses me to realize that not a single decade of my life has passed without US military action Larry - 05/09/2013 07:28:39 AM 1059 Views
Yup, well said. *NM* ironclad - 05/09/2013 12:35:14 PM 273 Views
That's not even a vaguely complete list Isaac - 05/09/2013 01:11:25 PM 862 Views
Which makes this even more depressing? (and yes, many were more police actions) *NM* Larry - 05/09/2013 04:58:24 PM 351 Views
Depressing or whichever, I'm ex-mil so it has a variety of extra overtones to me Isaac - 05/09/2013 05:54:28 PM 617 Views
You're absolutely right. The world is pretty peaceful today. In part due to US power. Tom - 05/09/2013 06:36:05 PM 596 Views
China? Burma? North Korea? Mexico? Joel - 06/09/2013 08:42:48 AM 649 Views
Oppressive governments =/= violent movements Tom - 06/09/2013 08:03:45 PM 674 Views
What a pile of horseshit you're throwing around... Tom - 05/09/2013 03:02:44 PM 612 Views
Yes, I was going off of memory *NM* Larry - 05/09/2013 04:57:21 PM 338 Views
On Qi I vaguely recall Yunalesca - 05/09/2013 07:58:35 PM 758 Views
Fairly plausible; way to put it in the right perspective Joel - 05/09/2013 10:34:30 PM 606 Views
By 'right' do you mean right as correct or right as in political stance? *NM* Yunalesca - 05/09/2013 10:56:59 PM 395 Views
Accurate, valid; no political or moral connotation was meant. Joel - 05/09/2013 11:10:15 PM 656 Views
Ah, ok. Sometimes in topics like this its hard to tell. *NM* Yunalesca - 05/09/2013 11:35:25 PM 418 Views
Truth Joel - 06/09/2013 01:13:49 AM 494 Views
Replace military action for me with civil wars, terrorism, murder over politics, etc *NM* Roland00 - 06/09/2013 02:44:45 AM 330 Views
War is inevitable, as long as 2 men are breathing. Better US than somebody worse *NM* Nighthawk - 07/09/2013 06:01:46 AM 314 Views
For the record, I'm still really irritated that "deaux" hasn't been corrected to "deux" *NM* Tom - 10/09/2013 05:19:58 PM 285 Views
Well, it was a typo I somehow missed. Corrected now. *NM* Larry - 11/09/2013 03:48:53 AM 295 Views
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