{"id":53919,"date":"2016-04-20T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=53919"},"modified":"2016-04-20T02:15:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:15:13","slug":"america-has-been-at-war-93-of-the-time-222-out-of-239-years-since-1776","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/04\/20\/america-has-been-at-war-93-of-the-time-222-out-of-239-years-since-1776\/","title":{"rendered":"America Has Been At War 93% of the Time \u2013 222 Out of 239 Years \u2013 Since 1776"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2011, Danios wrote<\/a>:\u00a0Courtesy\u00a0WashingtonsBlog<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America\u2019s wars, which reveals something quite interesting:\u00a0since\u00a0the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of\u00a0existence<\/strong>. \u00a0In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.<\/p>\n

To put this in perspective:<\/p>\n

* Pick any year since 1776 and there is about a 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year.<\/p>\n

* No U.S. president truly qualifies as a peacetime president. \u00a0Instead, all U.S. presidents can technically be considered war presidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

* The U.S. has never gone a decade without war.<\/p>\n

* The only<\/em> time the U.S. went five years without war (1935-40) was during the isolationist period of the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0* \u00a0*<\/p>\n

Here is a graphic depiction of U.S. wars:<\/p>\n

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And here is the year-by-year timeline of America\u2019s major wars:<\/p>\n

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Year-by-year Timeline of America\u2019s Major Wars (1776-2011)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1776 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamagua Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1777 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1778 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1779 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1780 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1781 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1782 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1783 \u2013 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War<\/p>\n

1784 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War, Oconee War<\/p>\n

1785 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1786 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1787 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1788 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1789 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1790 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1791 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1792 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1793 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1794 \u2013 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1795 \u2013 Northwest Indian War<\/p>\n

1796 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1797 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1798 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1799 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1800 \u2013 Quasi-War<\/p>\n

1801 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1802 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1803 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1804 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1805 \u2013 First Barbary War<\/p>\n

1806 \u2013 Sabine Expedition<\/p>\n

1807 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1808 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1809 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1810 \u2013 U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida<\/p>\n

1811 \u2013 Tecumseh\u2019s War<\/p>\n

1812 \u2013 War of 1812, Tecumseh\u2019s War, Seminole Wars,\u00a0U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida<\/p>\n

1813 \u2013 War of 1812, Tecumseh\u2019s War, Peoria War, Creek War,\u00a0U.S. expands its territory in West Florida<\/p>\n

1814 \u2013 War of 1812, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in Florida, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1815 \u2013 War of 1812, Second Barbary War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1816 \u2013\u00a0First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1817 \u2013\u00a0First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1818 \u2013 First Seminole War,\u00a0Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1819 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1820 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1821 \u2013 Anti-piracy war (see note above)<\/p>\n

1822 \u2013 Anti-piracy war (see note above)<\/p>\n

1823 \u2013 Anti-piracy war, Arikara War<\/p>\n

1824 \u2013 Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1825 \u2013 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war<\/p>\n

1826 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1827 \u2013 Winnebago War<\/p>\n

1828 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1829 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1830 \u2013 No major war\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1831 \u2013\u00a0Sac and Fox Indian War<\/p>\n

1832 \u2013 Black Hawk War<\/p>\n

1833 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War<\/p>\n

1834 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign<\/p>\n

1835 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War<\/p>\n

1836 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Missouri-Iowa Border War<\/p>\n

1837 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Osage Indian War, Buckshot War<\/p>\n

1838 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Buckshot War,\u00a0Heatherly Indian War<\/p>\n

1839 \u2013 Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars<\/p>\n

1840 \u2013 Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands<\/p>\n

1841 \u2013 Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade\u00a0McKean Island, Gilbert Islands, and Samoa<\/p>\n

1842 \u2013 Seminole Wars<\/p>\n

1843 \u2013 U.S. forces clash with Chinese, U.S. troops invade African coast<\/p>\n

1844 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1845 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1846 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1847 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1848 \u2013 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War<\/p>\n

1849 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians<\/p>\n

1850 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, California Indian Wars, Pitt River Expedition<\/p>\n

1851 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1852 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1853 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, Walker War, California Indian Wars<\/p>\n

1854 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians<\/p>\n

1855 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Yakima War, Winnas Expedition, Klickitat War, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars,\u00a0U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay<\/p>\n

1856 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War<\/p>\n

1857 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars,\u00a0Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua<\/p>\n

1858 \u2013 Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d\u2019Alene-Paloos War,\u00a0Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay<\/p>\n

1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown\u2019s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1860 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War<\/p>\n

1861 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign<\/p>\n

1862 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,<\/p>\n

1863 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War<\/p>\n

1864 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War<\/p>\n

1865 \u2013 American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War<\/p>\n

1866 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Franklin County War,\u00a0U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China<\/p>\n

1867 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan<\/p>\n

1868 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud\u2019s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1869 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1870 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1871 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea<\/p>\n

1872 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah\u2019s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War<\/p>\n

1873 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1874 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1875 \u2013 Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1876 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1877 \u2013 Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1878 \u2013 Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1879 \u2013 Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1880 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1881 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1882 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1883 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1884 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1885 \u2013 Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1886 \u2013 Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1887 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1888 \u2013 U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1889 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1890 \u2013 Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1891 \u2013 Sioux Indian War,\u00a0Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1892 \u2013 Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1893 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii<\/p>\n

1894 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1895 \u2013\u00a0U.S. forces invade Mexico,\u00a0Bannock Indian Disturbances<\/p>\n

1896 \u2013 U.S. forces invade Mexico<\/p>\n

1897 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1898 \u2013 Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake,\u00a0Chippewa Indian Disturbances<\/p>\n

1899 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1900 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1901 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1902 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1903 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1904 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1905 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1906 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1907 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1908 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1909 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1910 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1911 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1912 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1913 \u2013 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars,\u00a0New Mexico Navajo War<\/p>\n

1914 \u2013 Banana Wars,\u00a0U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1915 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War<\/p>\n

1916 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1917 \u2013 Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1918 \u2013 Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1919 \u2013 Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico<\/p>\n

1920 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1921 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1922 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1923 \u2013 Banana Wars, Posey War<\/p>\n

1924 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1925 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1926 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1927 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1928 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1930 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1931 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1932 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1933 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1934 \u2013 Banana Wars<\/p>\n

1935 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1936 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1937 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1938 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1939 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1940 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1941 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1942 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1943 \u2013 Wold War II<\/p>\n

1944 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1945 \u2013 World War II<\/p>\n

1946 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. occupies the Philippines and South Korea)<\/p>\n

1947 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. occupies South Korea, U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists)<\/p>\n

1948 \u2013 Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)<\/p>\n

1949 \u2013\u00a0Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)<\/p>\n

1950 \u2013 Korean War, Jayuga Uprising<\/p>\n

1951 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1952 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1953 \u2013 Korean War<\/p>\n

1954 \u2013 Covert War in Guatemala<\/p>\n

1955 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1956 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1957 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1958 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1959 \u2013 Vietnam War, Conflict in Haiti<\/p>\n

1960 \u2013 Vietam War<\/p>\n

1961 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1962 \u2013 Vietnam War, Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis; U.S. marines fight Communists in Thailand)<\/p>\n

1963 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1964 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1965 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

1966 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic<\/p>\n

1967 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1968 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1969 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1970 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1971 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1972 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1973 \u2013 Vietnam War, U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War<\/em><\/p>\n

1974 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1975 \u2013 Vietnam War<\/p>\n

1976 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1977 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1978 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1979 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)<\/p>\n

1980 \u2013 Cold War\u00a0(CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)<\/p>\n

1981 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), First Gulf of Sidra Incident<\/p>\n

1982 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon<\/p>\n

1983 \u2013 Cold War (Invasion of Grenada, CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon<\/p>\n

1984 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

1985 \u2013\u00a0Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

1986 \u2013 Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)<\/p>\n

1987 \u2013 Conflict in Persian Gulf<\/p>\n

1988 \u2013 Conflict in Persian Gulf, U.S. occupation of Panama<\/p>\n

1989 \u2013 Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, U.S. occupation of Panama, Conflict in Philippines<\/p>\n

1990 \u2013 First Gulf War, U.S. occupation of Panama<\/p>\n

1991 \u2013 First Gulf War<\/p>\n

1992 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1993 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1994 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti<\/p>\n

1995 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti, NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n

1996 \u2013 Conflict in Iraq<\/p>\n

1997 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

1998 \u2013 Bombing of Iraq, Missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan<\/p>\n

1999 \u2013 Kosovo War<\/p>\n

2000 \u2013 No major war<\/strong><\/p>\n

2001 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan<\/p>\n

2002 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan and Yemen<\/p>\n

2003 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Iraq<\/p>\n

2004 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2005 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2006 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2009 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2010 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen<\/p>\n

2011 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; Conflict in Libya (Libyan Civil War)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In most of these wars, the U.S. was on the offense. Danios admits that some of the wars were defensive.\u00a0\u00a0 However, Danios also leaves out covert CIA operations and other acts which could be considered war.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s update what\u2019s happened since 2011:<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen<\/p>\n

2013 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen<\/p>\n

2014 \u2013 War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 War on Terror in Somalia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So we can add 4 more years of war. That means that for 222 out of 239 years \u2013 or 93%<\/a> of the time \u2013 America has been at war. (We can quibble with the exact numbers, but the high percentage of time that America has been at war is clear and unmistakable.)<\/p>\n

Indeed, most<\/em> of the military operations launched since World War II<\/a> have been launched by the U.S.<\/p>\n

And American military spending dwarfs<\/em> the rest of the world put together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No wonder polls show that the world believes America is the number 1 threat to peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2011, Danios wrote:\u00a0Courtesy\u00a0WashingtonsBlog \u00a0Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America\u2019s wars, which reveals something quite interesting:\u00a0since\u00a0the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of\u00a0existence. \u00a0In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}