Willie Martin
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 Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 7:44 am Post subject: American Wars and Military Actions - 16 |
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1990-1991 Persian Gulf War I
To force Iraq out of Kuwait, George Bush formed a large and
diverse inter-national coalition and deployed over a
half-million U.S. personnel to the Persian Gulf region as
part of an allied force. The success of Operation Desert
Storm set a new high-water mark for the military and
underscored the principle of committing overwhelming force
to clear and achievable objectives. Both allied and popular
support was largely maintained throughout the campaign. In
this way, the Gulf War appears to validate the military
doctrine espoused by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin
Powell.
1991: Second Persian Gulf War
1991/Present: Conflict with Iraq
1992/1993: Somalia Intervention
Toward the end of the Bush administration, the United
States sent approximately 25,000 troops to Somalia to assist
the United Nations with the distribution of famine relief
supplies. By the time Bill Clinton took office in 1993, U.S.
troop levels had been vastly reduced, largely replaced with
forces operating under the UN flag. However as UN clashes
with local "warlords" increased, American troops became
engaged in policing and wider peacekeeping operations.
After 18 U.S. Rangers were killed in a firefight in
Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, the United States briefly
reinforced its troops but retreated from the more ambitious
"nation-building" agenda previously outlined by Secretary of
Defense Les Aspin. Criticized for having made decisions that
may have contributed to the disaster, Aspin resigned two
months later.
1994/Present??: Occupation of Haiti
September 19, 1994 Invasion of Haiti After negotiations and
sanctions failed, Clinton sent U.S. troops to Haiti to
restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power and
to head off a potential wave of Haitian refugees. A
last-minute deal, brokered by former President Jimmy Carter,
allowed the troops to go ashore unopposed by the Haitian
military and police.
Most U.S. troops withdrew within a year, though several
hundred remained to pursue a wide agenda of peacekeeping,
humanitarian and engineering activities. While Clinton
administration officials consistently hailed the
intervention as a model effort to restore democracy and
promote stability abroad, political, economic and social
conditions gradually eroded. In March 1999, the U.S.
commander responsible for the remaining military personnel
reportedly recommended ending the five-year military
presence on the island due to continuing instability.
This, also, was another invasion to protect the Jews drug
operations from opposition.
1995: Bosnian War: The U.S. and NATO engaged in air
strikes to force the Bosnian Serb forces to negotiate a
peace agreement. Also known as Operation Deliberate Force.
U.S. air power contributed 65.9% of the NATO air sorties.
Following the deadly bombing of a Sarajevo marketplace,
NATO forces launched the largest military action in the
alliance's history. Two weeks of NATO air strikes, combined
with a strong Croat-Muslim offensive on the ground, pushed
Bosnian Serbs to the negotiating table. In November, all the
warring parties met in Dayton, Ohio and agreed to a peace
settlement. The airstrikes, painstakingly approved after
years of negotiations with allies and the military, appear
to support the position that limited military attacks can be
useful diplomatic tools.
1998: bin Laden's War Terrorist conflict between the
United States and irregular forces led by Osama bin Laden.
The violence has also involved Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and
Afghanistan.
1999: Kosovo War
April 1999 Operation Allied Force Citing Serb atrocities
and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, the U.S. and NATO unleashed
air attacks on Serbia after the failure of the "mini-Dayton"
peace talks held in Rambouillet, France. President Clinton
outlines no "exit strategies" and warns that air strikes
will continue as long as necessary. From the start, the
Clinton administration ruled out sending U.S. ground troops
to the Balkans, though debate over the utility of air power
alone repeatedly revives the issue. Vast floods of refugees
spill into neighboring countries, threatening to enlarge the
crisis and sparking criticism of the lack of contingency
planning by NATO.
2001/Present: The War in Afghanistan
2003: America invades Iraq again in a never ending effort
to destroy the Arabs for the Jews.
A Condensation of The Wars
And Military Actions of America
Until the Present Day October 1, 2003
There can be no doubt that the mother of all terrorists has
been, since its foundation, is the United States of America.
The public is constantly bombarded with the rhetoric that
America is the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free.
The Home of the Brave there is no doubt, but the home of
the free is an illusion; it never has been the home of the
free since its inception. Our people have always been under
the heel of dictators called Presidents, with few
exceptions.
For those of you who want facts and figures and have the
intellect to judge 'good' from 'evil' and the courage to
know and say out the truth....for the rest, don't bother
reading any further! Ever since the United States Army
massacred 300 Lakotas in 1890, American forces have
intervened elsewhere around the globe 100 times. Indeed the
United States has sent troops abroad or militarily struck
other countries' territory 216 times since independence from
Britain. Since 1945 the United States has intervened in more
than 20 countries throughout the world.
Some of these are not listed above because they were too
small to mention; and some are mentioned a second time
because they were important enough to warrant it.
Since World War II, the United States actually dropped
bombs on 23 countries. These include:
China 1945-46,
Korea 1950-53,
China 1950-53,
Guatemala 1954,
Indonesia 1958,
Cuba 1959-60,
Guatemala 1960,
Congo 1964,
Peru 1965,
Laos 1964-73,
Vietnam 1961-73,
Cambodia 1969-70,
Guatemala 1967-69,
Grenada 1983,
Lebanon 1984,
Libya 1986,
El Salvador 1980s,
Nicaragua 1980s,
Panama 1989,
Iraq 1991-1999,
Sudan 1998,
Afghanistan 1998, and
Yugoslavia 1999. |
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