US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798

multipolarista.com ^ | 9/14/22 | Benjamin Norton

[JonPreston]

The United States launched at least 251 military interventions between 1991 and 2022.

This data was published on March 8, 2022 by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), in a document titled “Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2022.”

This is according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, a US government institution that compiles information on behalf of Congress.

The report documented another 218 US military interventions between 1798 and 1990.

That makes for a total of 469 US military interventions since 1798 that have been acknowledged by the Congress.

[JonPreston]

[Leaning Right]

I don’t see what the big deal is. Both the Roman Empire and the British Empire felt the need to intervene everywhere. And those empires did just fine.

Oh, wait. Those costly interventions hastened the collapse of both of those empires. Maybe we should learn a lesson from that (but we won’t).

[Its All Over Except ...]

The Dive With Jackson Hinkle

Zelensky is hiding the truth in Ukraine

https://youtu.be/MnK7viGoDbw

English-speaking NATO troops in Kharkiv?

The justification for this by neocons, if true, would be “Putin mean, Russia bad” akin to Clinton saying “Slobo mean, Serbia bad” or Obama saying “Gaddafi mean, Libya bad” to justify NATO involvement in those countries, which was against their defensive charter they attacking offensively and especially so since neither Serbia nor Libya attacked a NATO member.

Others have reported similar to this.

Leaked Ukrainian docs from a while back reported on all over the net said Ukraine had lost 50% of its regular, trained troops, a higher percentage than Russia, so they’re spent and recent successes may be due to others efforts.

Sad.

[alexander_busek]

I don’t see what the big deal is. Both the Roman Empire and the British Empire felt the need to intervene everywhere. And those empires did just fine.

In the case of the United States, it is usually such that a majority of all civilized countries want us to intervene (even if, publicly, they might deny it).

Since WWII, we have been the world's policeman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMc3RS_afSE

Regards,

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Wow - denigrating the United States going all the way back to the Founding of the country. That's a worldview generally held only by hard-left anti-Americans. I mean, your stats include things like the mission to kill bin Laden, fighting Hitler, and resisting the British in the War of 1812.

In any case, when was the last time the U.S. invaded another country for the expressly stated purpose of permanently annexing its territory?

[dfwgator]

In the case of the United States, it is usually such that a majority of all civilized countries want us to intervene (even if, publicly, they might deny it).

[z3n]

Fell asleep with the television on and woke up with JFK on, right in the scene where Sutherland and Cosner are on the bench in DC, and I can't remember so I'm paraphrasing but the phrase was ' the defining purpose for government is to go to war'

[1Old Pro]

Another movie where the good tough guy loses and the girly man wins :)

[JonPreston]

I haven’t watched JFK in a while. It’s time to do it again.

[WMarshal]

Forever War is how they enslaved America.

[JonPreston]

I mean, your stats include things

Take your complaint up with the author.

[dfwgator]

I know. As Jessup would say, all that movie did was to weaken a country.

[JonPreston]

Jackson Hinkle is an interesting guy.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I’d rather take it up with the guy who saw fit to post it.

[Its All Over Except ...]

He has some interesting reports to say the least.

[JonPreston]

I’d rather take it up with the guy who saw fit to post it.

Sure you would, but interventionists bore me.

[Its All Over Except ...]

World’s policeman over $30 trillion dollars in debt, defends the borders of others but not its own, etc.

[one guy in new jersey]

In early to claim that, at least, the forward-deployed, Preble-powered bloody nose we handed to the musselman Barbary Pirates in the 18 oughties was totally justified.

[HighSierra5]

The last intervention will be when they come for US.

[JonPreston]

World’s policeman over $30 trillion dollars in debt, defends the borders of others but not its own, etc.

I'm old enough to remember when the GOPe was upset over deficit spending.