Lybia Is The Fifth War The U.S. Is Currently Waging

[Rakhmetov]

So now add Libya to the Middle Eastern/South Asian countries where the United States is up to its waist militarily. The mainstream media calls this the third, U.S. military intervention in the region, with Iraq (2003) and Afghanistan (2001, 2009) being the other two. But it leaves out the growing U.S. military presence and `not-so-secret’ war in Yemen and the deepening U.S. led intervention in Somalia, bringing the total to at least five.

Nor does it count the recent intensification of security cooperation with Algeria inaugurated in Algiers on March 3-4 with the presence of Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counter Terrorism for the State Department. That agreement covers territory over a swatch from Algeria to Nigeria, two of the continents most prolific oil and gas producers. Then there’s Pakistan which we’re doing a good job blowing apart, not exactly in the Middle East, but no need to be stingy in our definition. Take your pick – 3, 5 or something approaching 10 countries?

World War III???



http://www.zcommunications.org/the-libyan-quagmire-by-rob-prince

http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20110321.htm

[Omsk]

And a hundred ones in the past i am afraid,the US imperialist-colonial army waged conflicts on basically every continent,and their influence spreads fast.
Don't even get me started:
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
1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
1983 Grenada United States Intervention
1989 US Invasion of Panama
1990-1991
1995-1996 Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001 Invasion of Afghanistan
2003 Invasion of Iraq

Almost all of the conflict valiantly fought for freedom and democracy!

Now for the longer list...

1945 – China. In October 50,000 US Marines were sent to North China to assist Chinese Nationalist authorities in disarming and repatriating the Japanese in China and in controlling ports, railroads, and airfields. This was in addition to approximately 60,000 US forces remaining in China at the end of World War II.

1945–49 – Occupation of part of Germany.

1945–55 – Occupation of part of Austria.

1945–46 – Occupation of part of Italy.

1945–52 – Occupation of Japan.

1944–46 – Temporary reoccupation of the Philippines during WWII and in preparation for previously scheduled independence.

1945–47 – US Marines garrisoned in mainland China to oversee the removal of Soviet and Japanese forces after World War II.

1946 – Trieste (Italy). President Truman ordered the increase of US troops along the zonal occupation line and the reinforcement of air forces in northern Italy.

1948 – Berlin. Berlin Airlift.

1948–49 – China. (embassy)

1950–53 – Korean War.

1950–55 – Formosa (Taiwan)

1955–64 – Vietnam - War crimes,atrocities,more war crimes,the opresed side won.

1956 – Egypt. A marine battalion evacuated US nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez crisis.

1958 – Lebanon.

1959–60 – The Caribbean.

1962 – Thailand.

1962 – Cuba. Cuban Missile Crisis

1962–75 – Laos.

1964 – Congo (Zaire).

1965 – Dominican Republic.

1967 – Israel.

1967 – Congo (Zaire). Revolt.

1968 – Laos & Cambodia. U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against targets. The bombings last at least two years.

1973 – Operation Nickel Grass, a strategic airlift operation conducted by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

1974 – Evacuation from Cyprus.

1975 – Evacuation from Vietnam. Not so tough now eh?You liked mass killings of villagers better didn't huh?

1975 – Evacuation from Cambodia.

1976 – Korea. Additional forces were sent to Korea.

1978 – Zaire (Congo). From May 19 through June 1978, the United States utilized military transport aircraft to provide logistical support to Belgian and French rescue operations in Zaire.

1980–1989

1981 – El Salvador. After a guerrilla offensive against the government of El Salvador, additional US military advisers were sent to El Salvador, bringing the total to approximately 55, to assist in training government forces in counterinsurgency.

1981 – Libya. First Gulf of Sidra Incident On August 19, 1981, US planes based on the carrier USS Nimitz shot down two Libyan jets over the Gulf of Sidra.

1983 – Grenada. the U.S. launches Operation Urgent Fury to invade the sovereign island nation of Grenada.

1984 – Persian Gulf. On June 5, 1984, Saudi Arabian jet fighter planes, aided by intelligence from a US AWACS electronic surveillance aircraft and fueled by a U.S. KC-10 tanker, shot down two Iranian fighter planes over an area of the Persian Gulf proclaimed as a protected zone for shipping.

1987 – October 19, Operation Nimble Archer – attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces. The attack was a response to Iran's October 16, 1987 attack on the MV Sea Isle City.

1987–88 – Persian Gulf. [Operation Earnest Will]] ie we must SAVE our oil!!

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 ie imperialist colonisation.

1989 – Libya. Second Gulf of Sidra Incident On January 4, 1989, two US 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.

1990–1999

1991 – Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War). On January 16, 1991, U.S. forces attacked Iraqi forces and military targets in Iraq and Kuwait in conjunction with a coalition of allies and under United Nations Security Council resolutions. Combat operations ended on February 28, 1991.

1992–2003 – Iraq. Iraqi No-Fly Zones The U.S. together with the United Kingdom declares and enforces "no fly zones" over the majority of sovereign Iraqi airspace, prohibiting Iraqi flights in zones in southern Iraq and northern Iraq, and conducting aerial reconnaissance and bombings. (See also Operation Southern Watch)

1992–95 – Somalia. Somali Civil War On December 10, 1992

1993–present – Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1993 – Macedonia. On July 9, 1993, President Clinton reported the deployment of 350 US soldiers to the Republic of Macedonia to participate in the UN Protection Force to help maintain stability in the area of former Yugoslavia. (imperialism par exelanse)

1994–95 – Operation Uphold Democracy,(uphold imperialist control) Haiti. U.S. ships had begun embargo against Haiti. Up to 20,000 US military troops were later deployed to Haiti.

1995 – Operation Deliberate Force, Bosnia. NATO bombing of Bosnian Serbs.(their homes and families actually)

1997 – Operation Silver Wake, Albania On March 13, 1997

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

1998 – Operation Infinite Reach, Afghanistan and Sudan. On August 20, air strikes were used against two suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan.

1999 – Operation Allied Force – NATO's bombing of Serbia in the Kosovo Conflict.
(more like bombing the civilians of Serbia,considering the civil loses were the highest)
- pure terrorism and imperialism.

2000 – Yemen. On October 12, 2000, after the USS Cole attack in the port of Aden, Yemen, military personnel were deployed to Aden.

2000 – East Timor. On February 25, 2000, a small number of U.S. military personnel were deployed to support of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).

2001 – Afghanistan. War in Afghanistan.

2003 – 2003 invasion of Iraq leading to the War in Iraq. March 20, 2003. The United States leads a coalition that includes Britain, Australia and Spain to invade Iraq with the stated goal being "to disarm Iraq in pursuit of peace, stability, (OIL OIL OIL MORE OIL) and security both in the Gulf region and in the United States."

2008 – South Ossetia, Georgia. Helped Georgia humanitarian aid, helped to transport Georgian forces from Iraq during the conflict. In the past, the US has provided training and weapons to Georgia. (they need their 'people' against Russia)

2010–Present

2011 - Libya. Operation Odyssey Dawn.

I know plenty more comrades,say if you wish to know more.
Note that these are not all purely imperialist started conflicts and that a lot of factors were involved,this is just a list that shows the shere number of US military actions.Some of them were humanitarian,but most were against other regimes.

[empiredestoryer]

sure lybia is englands fifth war too ...they sure are a busy little terrorist nation

[chegitz guevara]

The United States currently has its own military forces engaged in four wars: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Libya. Proxy wars don't count.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Well if you want to define war like you did you might as well add the Philippines. Hundreds of soldiers there to teach the army there counter-insurgency tactics. Hell a few have even died there.

[~Spectre]

The United States currently has its own military forces engaged in four wars: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Libya. Proxy wars don't count.

There are special forces in Yemen, and they were subject to cruise missile attack last year.

[Princess Luna]

You forgot the War on Drugs

[Hexen]

You forgot the War on Drugs

The U.S. is at war with everything.