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It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #1
Yup. Bush was right about one thing - money trumps peace. Initech Feb 2013 #24
That's a well designed graphic el_bryanto Feb 2013 #2
No war is defensible. Some just have to be fought. /nt TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #17
Well if they have to be fought that makes them defensible el_bryanto Feb 2013 #18
Attempt at simplicity zipplewrath Feb 2013 #19
And I reitterate. NO WAR IS DEFENSIBLE. TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #21
So what about WW2 - should we not have responded to Pearl Harbor? nt el_bryanto Feb 2013 #22
Did I say that? Let me check. NO I DID NOT SAY THAT! TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #23
Gosh - i'm sorry to be so slow. el_bryanto Feb 2013 #25
Not quite. War almost inevitably ends in failure for one,... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #32
A case could be made that we were overly exboyfil Feb 2013 #27
The US was as much behind the inequities of the Versailes... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #33
I agree we were at the carving table as well exboyfil Feb 2013 #34
the graphic states that rakeeb Feb 2013 #3
About that: The Straight Story Feb 2013 #6
Yah that was confusing to me too. n/t Agschmid Feb 2013 #12
The most profitable and least stimulative government spending. Military. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #4
USA! USA! USA! progressoid Feb 2013 #5
What about the wars with American Indians? Beowulf Feb 2013 #7
They've got the Indian Wars in the graphic geardaddy Feb 2013 #8
Here's a link to a list of all US military "interventions" rather than "wars": think Feb 2013 #16
Wow, we fought the USSR in Korea? malthaussen Feb 2013 #9
Soviet pilots were active in the Korean War Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #11
Well, that's an interesting tidbit, thanks. malthaussen Feb 2013 #14
This list doesn't take into account the constant gang warfare Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #10
Don't forget the war over dog shit. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #13
Unfortunately that graphic is woefully incomplete ashling Feb 2013 #15
That's how nations figure out who's going to make the rules The2ndWheel Feb 2013 #20
Wow bob321 Feb 2013 #26
Terribly sad history. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #28
They left out the Bannana Wars. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #29
We invaded Panama under Bush senior. Where is that? NeoConsSuck Feb 2013 #30
$1.4 trillion to keep us safe from foreign terraists while the Congress must think it's just hunky- indepat Feb 2013 #31
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