Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2010

CRS Report for Congress: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2010

This is a link to...well...its in the thread title. It contains a summary list of what can be argued as the instances where the U.S. used force in other countries. Some would argue that prior to World War II the U.S. stayed the hell out of other countries' affairs. Well yes and no. We clearly didn't have the reach we do now, nor did we have the power to act. But we did act and not just when it was to "defend our homeland". I think this list is worth a look and I hope you all find it useful.
Post edited by -EB- Bluedoctor at 7/8/2011 8:27:41 PM

Awesome. This could come in handy.
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Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
a dead Muslim is a peaceful Muslim. Works for me

That's the single most useful link posted in the cesspool, ever.

I'm not sure we've had ten years without war...

In any case, unless I'm completely blind, this left out the Republican Wars Against the Indians for the Subsidization of the Railroads, as well as the War Between the States. I know why they left it off, because recognizing the CSA as a separate nation would invalidate their "justification" for it, but I'm pretty sure most of the Indian Wars took place in areas that were not states yet.

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Probably because this list is for "Abroad" and the territories you're referencing were, at least, de facto, part of the US when hostilities occurred in them. It would be nice to have a master list of it all though.
Post edited by CaptPlanet at 7/9/2011 10:38:00 AM

Here's another good tragic one on behalf of our government {RIP}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_%28United_States%29