Chemical weapons used by Syria

Here's an interesting article written by L.Vance among other things regarding "supporting the troops"



If and when the United States government intervenes militarily in some way in Syria, there is no question that U.S. military personnel will take the lives and destroy the property of people that had never harmed an American or threatened the United States in any way.
And most Americans won’t even care.
Should military intervention occur, the following asinine proposition will be repeated ad nauseam just like a version of it has been repeated incessantly ever since U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Afghanistan:
I don’t support the U.S. military intervening in Syria, but I support the troops.
This is utter nonsense. This is pious drivel. This is idiocy on parade. This is lunacy.
Yet, even though the majority of Americans say they don’t want war with Syria, the majority of them will still say we should support the troops, pray for the troops, and thank the troops for their service.
Sometimes an attempt is made to justify this nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy by supplementing it with one or more of the following:

• The troops are just following orders.
• Old men make wars, but young men fight them.
• The troops have a duty to serve the country when they are called upon.
• Military intervention is the fault of the politicians, not the soldiers.
• It is better to fight “over there” instead of “over here.”
• Whatever the troops do in Syria is the fault of Obama the commander in chief.
• The troops didn’t ask to go to Syria.
• There are a lot of good people in the military.
• The troops will go fight where they are told because they are patriotic.
• The troops are not responsible for where they are sent.
• Many soldiers had no choice but to join the military since they could not find a job.
• U.S. soldiers only kill those who try to kill them.

But none of these change anything; the proposition is still nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy.
You can’t support the troops without supporting what they do; you can’t separate soldiers from solidering.
Reciting this asinine proposition about supporting the troops is just like saying:

• I don’t support garbage men emptying the trash, but I support them as garbage men.
• I don’t support doctors performing abortions, but I support them as doctors.
• I don’t support landscapers mowing the grass, but I support them as landscapers.
• I don’t support TSA agents groping passengers, but I support them as TSA agents.

Sounds ridiculous, I know; but why doesn’t the asinine proposition about soldiers sound just as ridiculous?
The primary job of a soldier is to destroy infrastructure and make widows and orphans—whenever he is told to do so and without questioning his orders. Perhaps killing people they shouldn’t kill and breaking things they shouldn’t break wasn’t always the top priority of U.S. soldiers, but it certainly is now. Since World War II, the U.S. military has been usedexclusively for purposes other than the actual defense of the country. And if that weren’t bad enough, most of these purposes have been nefarious and offensive. Since World War II, U.S. soldiers have functioned exclusively as the president’s personal attack force staffed by mercenaries willing to obey his latest command to bomb, invade, occupy, and otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems necessary.
When U.S. troops go to Syria, and people say that they support the troops but not their mission in Syria, what exactly will we supposed to think they mean? Will they be saying that they

• support the troops painting equipment?
• support the troops marching in formation on the base?
• support the troops cleaning their weapons?
• support the troops making their beds?
• support the troops sweeping the floor in their barracks?
• support the troops working out?
• support the troops performing vehicle maintenance?
• support the troops washing the fighter jets?

Are any of these things reason why U.S. troops returning home from Syria will be applauded in airports? Then how is it that people can say they support the troops but not their mission?
The ultimate reason why senseless U.S. foreign wars take place is not because of the president, the Congress, and the politicians; it is because there is no shortage of Americans willing to bomb, maim, destroy, and kill for the state in order to collect a government paycheck. And to the extent that patriotism has anything to do with it—cursed be that patriotism.
I don’t support the troops. And I don’t support asinine propositions. Do you?

Rob Roy said:

Here's an interesting article written by L.Vance among other things regarding "supporting the troops"



If and when the United States government intervenes militarily in some way in Syria, there is no question that U.S. military personnel will take the lives and destroy the property of people that had never harmed an American or threatened the United States in any way.
And most Americans won’t even care.
Should military intervention occur, the following asinine proposition will be repeated ad nauseam just like a version of it has been repeated incessantly ever since U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Afghanistan:
I don’t support the U.S. military intervening in Syria, but I support the troops.
This is utter nonsense. This is pious drivel. This is idiocy on parade. This is lunacy.
Yet, even though the majority of Americans say they don’t want war with Syria, the majority of them will still say we should support the troops, pray for the troops, and thank the troops for their service.
Sometimes an attempt is made to justify this nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy by supplementing it with one or more of the following:

• The troops are just following orders.
• Old men make wars, but young men fight them.
• The troops have a duty to serve the country when they are called upon.
• Military intervention is the fault of the politicians, not the soldiers.
• It is better to fight “over there” instead of “over here.”
• Whatever the troops do in Syria is the fault of Obama the commander in chief.
• The troops didn’t ask to go to Syria.
• There are a lot of good people in the military.
• The troops will go fight where they are told because they are patriotic.
• The troops are not responsible for where they are sent.
• Many soldiers had no choice but to join the military since they could not find a job.
• U.S. soldiers only kill those who try to kill them.

But none of these change anything; the proposition is still nonsense, drivel, idiocy, and lunacy.
You can’t support the troops without supporting what they do; you can’t separate soldiers from solidering.
Reciting this asinine proposition about supporting the troops is just like saying:

• I don’t support garbage men emptying the trash, but I support them as garbage men.
• I don’t support doctors performing abortions, but I support them as doctors.
• I don’t support landscapers mowing the grass, but I support them as landscapers.
• I don’t support TSA agents groping passengers, but I support them as TSA agents.

Sounds ridiculous, I know; but why doesn’t the asinine proposition about soldiers sound just as ridiculous?
The primary job of a soldier is to destroy infrastructure and make widows and orphans—whenever he is told to do so and without questioning his orders. Perhaps killing people they shouldn’t kill and breaking things they shouldn’t break wasn’t always the top priority of U.S. soldiers, but it certainly is now. Since World War II, the U.S. military has been usedexclusively for purposes other than the actual defense of the country. And if that weren’t bad enough, most of these purposes have been nefarious and offensive. Since World War II, U.S. soldiers have functioned exclusively as the president’s personal attack force staffed by mercenaries willing to obey his latest command to bomb, invade, occupy, and otherwise bring death and destruction to any country he deems necessary.
When U.S. troops go to Syria, and people say that they support the troops but not their mission in Syria, what exactly will we supposed to think they mean? Will they be saying that they

• support the troops painting equipment?
• support the troops marching in formation on the base?
• support the troops cleaning their weapons?
• support the troops making their beds?
• support the troops sweeping the floor in their barracks?
• support the troops working out?
• support the troops performing vehicle maintenance?
• support the troops washing the fighter jets?

Are any of these things reason why U.S. troops returning home from Syria will be applauded in airports? Then how is it that people can say they support the troops but not their mission?
The ultimate reason why senseless U.S. foreign wars take place is not because of the president, the Congress, and the politicians; it is because there is no shortage of Americans willing to bomb, maim, destroy, and kill for the state in order to collect a government paycheck. And to the extent that patriotism has anything to do with it—cursed be that patriotism.
I don’t support the troops. And I don’t support asinine propositions. Do you?

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You used the word interesting. I have to say, asinine.

heckler73 said:

Is it conceivable the UN want 2 (or 3) weeks to compile a report so as to hopefully give time for heads to cool?
Also, in that time, Syria has a chance to prove ITS innocence while continuing to push out al-Nusra and the rest of the crazy "allahu-akhbar" robots. The sooner the 3rd element is removed from the picture, the sooner the real "opposition" can sit down in diplomatic discussion with Asshat. That's assuming they want diplomacy, as their supposed cries for "freedom and democracy" imply.

As for the quick turnover in the US analysis...meh... it's possible. But where did they get these blood and hair samples from? How many samples?
Details, details, details... that's one thing Kerry has been short with...

And now the French are going to be releasing their own "evidence" proving Syria was "stockpiling CWs"...
If that is the extent of their argument, then this is going to be a twisted joke...
I wonder if their "evidence" is also going to claim "there is no proof of the rebels having CW capabilities"?

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Hey, this is never knee-jerk. Nor will the Leader ever tell the truth. That is Treason. The Press says all that. Our leaders make statements that I for one, listen to in whole. Obviously we have been planning this for quite some time, along with France and that let's GB opt out this time. So what? It is a 300 year war for us, and a 600 year war for them.

Then, I for one, have learned how to ignore the every other word in the Press. The every other word is the Emotion Tampering, the People punt to the Press for.

Every other word is a Grand Mind Fuck, if you don't pay attention. Ignore the smmary mind control phrases and word choices..

I can sit with you (or my wife, much better) and point this out. We pause it on the DVR and go back and review the bullshit side. On CNN it is seriously every other word is a smarmy mind fuck. Fox doesn't bother. They 2 part. Part 1 is bullshit.

Then right before commercial break, they swing in with part 2, to cover a tiny bit of their ass and...".that is all the time we have. A hard break." Some commercial sweeps in and all is left is the dive in BULLSHIT and emotion tampering of part 1.

They have the shit job of educating the kiddy coma survivors. And we all woke up one day, and that happens in droves everyday. Fresh meat for the grand Bend Over.

Don't you realize now, this entire Arab Spring phasing and Tampering was just a way to break us into the new chapter of Jefferson's War? We don't pay attention. That has to be forced.

WE actual force them to Tamper us, because it is self rule even if no one pays attention.

Still it has be the VOTE that decides.

I am going to call this a scam without any information....I'd bet 100. Chemical, nuclear, shrapnel....why should this be the factor that decides our involvement? We are better off uninformed in a way....just say no.

I don't now about you guy's and girls, but I am fucking sick of the US being at war. Since I have been born, the US has always been involved in "police actions" around the fucking globe. When will the American people get sick of this shit and say enough is enough. Probably never as long as we elect stupid fucking politicians who think we are the saviors of the "free world", and the fools that the American people seem to be buy into their bull shit, with relish. It seems that the American's like being a warrior nation. It looks that way to me. It's just tragic that hundred of thousands of American soldiers have to pay for their bloodthirsty entertainment with their lives.

Jimdamick said:

I don't now about you guy's and girls, but I am fucking sick of the US being at war.

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I'm rather sick of it, too... And I'm in high confidence the rest of the world is in agreement; hence, this current discussion/investigation/exhibition.

This war is rife with deception, as Doer has cryptically noted frequently, and this most recent catalyzing event is just the tip of the iceberg.
Going back through the record, one will find the same story being replayed...perhaps the characters are changed, and locations, incidents, etc. But a consistent variable in each episode is this Fog of War, albeit, perhaps not in the strictest sense of Clausewitz' definition.

The Gas Attack in Aleppo, March 2013... Russians investigated and found evidence suggesting "rebel" manufacture of Sarin (I'm still tracking down the UN report itself).
The Houla Massacre...originally attributed to the Regime, but many inconsistencies between accounts along with the peculiarly guided tour by the FSA for the UN makes any information retrieved suspect. And that's not factoring in the actual victims' allegiances into the equation.

I've also been pondering the influence of pride in Assad's poor decisions. I notice he is seeking involvement from the UN more. What kept him from being more cooperative sooner? If not pride, was it guilt? And it is questions such as this which keep the mind turning-over. The answers become so blurred, everything is reduced to possibility and probability...

Then there are the internet issues. The most recent being in Aleppo (once again).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...s-largest-city-just-dropped-off-the-internet/
Is this coincidence or are these outages a tactic being used to prevent communication at critical times? What devious things might be happening? And who is being prevented from communicating?
Facebook and Google Maps as tactical war tools? I suppose... they sure like using YouTube !!!

Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.

Doer said:

You used the word interesting. I have to say, asinine.

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Mr. Dangerous Arm Wrestling Guy,

Why do you support killing babies? Couldn't you just arm wrestle them until they cry and then you would feel all manly? Please consider that option..."for the children".

Doer said:

Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.

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Why do you let other people drag you into their "we"? How many Syrians are you personally in conflict with? Why do you want to kill them? Couldn't you just show them your big arm wrestling muscles and make them give you Syrian bread and make them promise not to bust your balls about "we"?

Doer said:

Come ON! Tell me when we were not in Conflict and I will show you a fact you missed.

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How about 1491 ? I don't think the American military was very active then... probably playing lacrosse or something at the pow-wows...

Well, here is a fact. You picked the wrong year.

January 27, 1941 – World War II – Attack on Pearl Harbor: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew passes on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• April 9 – The U.S. acquires full military defense rights in Greenland.
• April 10 – World War II: The U.S. destroyer Niblack, while picking up survivors from a sunken Dutch freighter, drops depth charges on a German U-boat (the first "shot in anger" fired by America against Germany).

So let us jump back in case you don't understand. Conflict and guarding never stops.

At home during 1919 and 1920 Army forces continued the guard on the border of Mexico required by revolutionary disturbances in that country. Because of the lack of National Guard forces (not yet reorganized) the active Army until the summer of 1921 also had to supply troops on numerous occasions to help suppress domestic disorders, chiefly arising out of labor disputes and race conflicts in a restless postwar America.
Abroad, a newly activated United States Third Army moved into Germany on December 1, 1918, to occupy a segment of territory between Luxembourg and the Rhine River around Coblenz. As many as nine divisions participated in the German occupation during the spring of 1919. Similarly, an Army regiment sent to Italy before the end of hostilities participated for four months in the occupation of Austria. In Germany, American troops had no unusual difficulties with the populace, and soon after the peace conference ended in May 1919 the occupation forces were rapidly reduced. They numbered about 15,000 at the beginning of 1920. After rejecting the Treaty of Versailles the United States

[407]
remained technically at war with Germany until the summer of 1921.
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It never stops our involvement in conflict. Don't buy the Party for pussy, (though that does work) Find pussy that doesn't buy it.


Dates indicate the years in which the United States was involved in the war.
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[TR]
[TH="width: 20%"]War or conflict's name(s)[/TH]
[TH="width: 20%"]Campaign or Theater[/TH]
[TH="width: 15%"]Opponent(s)[/TH]
[TH]Time[/TH]
[TH]Conclusion(s)[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]American Revolutionary War or
American War of Independence[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Loyalists
Iroquois
Cherokee[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]September 1, 1774 –
September 3, 1783[/TD]
[TD]American victory
Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes independence of the United States of America[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Boston Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]September 1, 1774 –
March 17, 1776[/TD]
[TD]Colonial victory, British forces driven from Boston area[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Western Theater
part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD]American Indians
Great Britain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1775 –
1778[/TD]
[TD]Military stalemate, United States diplomatic victory; Spanish Louisiana successfully defended[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Southern Theater
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1775 –
1782[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Franco/American victory
Surrender of British army at Yorktown[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War
part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1775 –
1783[/TD]
[TD]Treaty of Paris[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Invasion of Canada (1775) or
Canadian Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Canadian militia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 1775 –
October 1776[/TD]
[TD]American defeat, Defeat of Colonial invasion; British counter-offensive[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794)
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD]American Indians
Great Britain
Cherokee
Shawnee
Seminole
Ojibway
Creek
Chickamauga
Meskwaki
Miami
Mingo
Kickapoo
Lenape
Mascouten
Potawatomi
Sauk
Wyandot[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1776 –
1794[/TD]
[TD]Decisive American victory:

• United States diplomatic victory, American rights in Treaty of Paris successfully defended
• Britain recognizes independence of the United States and cedes forts and influence in Indian territory.

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]New York and New Jersey Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Waldeck-Pyrmont[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 1776 –
March 1777[/TD]
[TD]New York: British gain control of New York City, British victory
New Jersey: Americans lose and then regain control of New Jersey, American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Philadelphia Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Ansbach-Bayreuth[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1777 –
1778[/TD]
[TD]British occupation then evacuation of Philadelphia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Saratoga Campaign
part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Brunswick-luneburg
Hesse-Hanau
Iroquois Confederation (except Oneida (tribe)s)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 14, 1777 –
October 17, 1777[/TD]
[TD]Decisive American victory:

• Surrender of British army
• Entry of France into the war

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Northern Theater
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1778 –
1782[/TD]
[TD] ???[SUP][clarification needed][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Gulf Coast campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Choctaw
Creek[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1779 –
1782[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Spanish/American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Yorktown Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War[/TD]
[TD] Great Britain
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Hesse-Kassel[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January –
October, 1781[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Franco/American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Northwest Indian War or
Little Turtle's War or
Miami Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Western Confederacy
Canadian Militia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1785 –
1795[/TD]
[TD]American victory, Treaty of Greenville[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Quasi-War or
Franco-American War or
Half War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] French Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1798 –
1800[/TD]
[TD]Indecisive American victory:

• End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
• United States neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]First Barbary War or
Barbary Coast War or
Tripolitan War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Vilayet of Tripoli
Morocco[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1801 –
1805[/TD]
[TD]American victory, peace treaty[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tecumseh's War or
Tecumseh's Rebellion[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Tecumseh's Confederacy[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August –
November 1811[/TD]
[TD]American victory, peace treaty[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]War of 1812 or
Second War of Independence[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] British Empire
Shawnee
Red Sticks
Ojibway
Chickamauga
Meskwaki
Iroquois
Miami
Mingo
Odawa
Kickapoo
Lenape
Mascouten
Potawatomi
Sauk
Wyandot[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 18, 1812 –
March 23, 1815[/TD]
[TD]Treaty of Ghent
Status quo ante bellum[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Atlantic Theater
Part of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1812 –
1815[/TD]
[TD]British blockade of America:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chesapeake Campaign
Part of the Atlantic Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1813 –
1814[/TD]
[TD]Inconclusive:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Great Lakes and Western Theater
Part of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1812 –
1815[/TD]
[TD]American control of Lake Erie, British control of remaining four lake:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Canadian Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1812 –
1813[/TD]
[TD]Indecisive:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]American Northwest Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1813[/TD]
[TD]Inconclusive:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]American West Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1813 –
1814[/TD]
[TD]Inconclusive, British maintain control of Fort Mackinac:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Niagara Frontier Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD]American invasion force defeated:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]St. Lawrence and Lower Canada Campaign
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Niagara and Plattsburgh Campaigns
Part of the Great Lakes and Western Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1814[/TD]
[TD]Inconclusive, Americans regain control of Lake Champlain:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Southern Theater
Part of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD] British Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1814 –
1815[/TD]
[TD]Decisive American victory:

• Treaty of Ghent
• Status quo ante bellum

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Creek War
Part of the Southern Theater of the War of 1812[/TD]
[TD]Red Stick Creek[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1813 –
1814[/TD]
[TD]American/Allied Native American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Barbary War or
Algerian War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Algiers[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1815[/TD]
[TD]American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Caribbean Pirates[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1817 –
1825[/TD]
[TD]American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]First Seminole War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Seminole
Spanish Florida[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November 22, 1817 –
April 12, 1818[/TD]
[TD]American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]African Anti-Slavery Operations[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]African Slave Traders[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1819 –
1861[/TD]
[TD]Atlantic slave trade suppressed by 1861[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Callao Affair[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November 5 –
6, 1820[/TD]
[TD]Spanish vow to punish those responsible for attacks on American shipping.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Arikara War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Arikara[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1823[/TD]
[TD]The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Greek Pirates[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1825 –
1828[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Winnebago War or
Le Fèvre Indian War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks, with a few allies[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1827[/TD]
[TD]United States victory; Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]First Sumatran Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chiefdom of Kuala Batee[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]February 6 –
February 9, 1832[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Black Hawk War or
Black Hawk Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Black Hawk's British Band, with Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]May–August 1832[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Seminole War or
Florida War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Seminole[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 23, 1835 –
August 14, 1842[/TD]
[TD]3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory, 300 remain in Everglades[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]United States Exploring Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Fiji

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Samoa

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Tabiteuea[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1838 –
1842[/TD]
[TD]Successful expedition, victory in battle with aboriginals[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Sumatran Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chiefdom of Quallah Battoo[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 1838 –
January 1839[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Malays agree to cease attacks on American vessels[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Capture of Monterey[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 19–20, 1842[/TD]
[TD]United States captures Monterey[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Battle of Kororareka[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Māori[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 11, 1845[/TD]
[TD]Māori victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mexican–American War or
Mexican War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 25, 1846 –
February 2, 1848[/TD]
[TD]Decisive United States victory:

• Republic of Texas unites with the United States
• End of all conflict between Texas and Mexico
• All claims by Texas recognized by Mexico
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Cession

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Texas Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War[/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1846[/TD]
[TD]Decisive US victory: All Mexican forces pushed out of State of Texas, Mexican bandits suppressed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Conquest of California
Part of the Mexican-American War[/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1846 –
1847[/TD]
[TD]Decisive US victory:

• Declaration of Independence of California and establishment of the Republic of California

United States annexed the Republic of California

• All Mexican forces defeated or surrender to US
• Indian tribal nations recognize US suzerainty
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]New Mexico and Arizona Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War[/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1846 –
1847[/TD]
[TD]Decisive US victory:

• All Mexican forces pushed out of region
• Territory annexed to the US
• Indian tribal nations recognize US suzerainty

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Pacific Coast Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War[/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1847 –
1848[/TD]
[TD]Decisive US victory

• Indian tribal nations recognize US suzerainty

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Mexico City Campaign
Part of the Mexican-American War[/TD]
[TD] Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1847[/TD]
[TD]Decisive US victory

• Mexican Cession
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cayuse War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Cayuse[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1847 –
1855[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pitt River Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Tolowa
Nomlaki
Chimariko
Wintun[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 28 –
September 13, 1850[/TD]
[TD] ???[SUP][clarification needed][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Apache Wars[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Apache
Ute
Yavapai[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1851 –
1900[/TD]
[TD]Decisive American victory,
Apaches moved to reservations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bombardment of San Juan del Norte or
Bombardment of Greytown[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Nicaragua[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 13, 1854[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, town severely damaged[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Puget Sound War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Nisqually
Muckleshoot
Puyallup
Klickitat
Haida
Tlingit[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1855 –
1856[/TD]
[TD]Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rogue River Wars[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Rogue River people[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1855 –
1856[/TD]
[TD]Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Third Seminole War or
Billy Bowlegs War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Seminole[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1855 –
1858[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yakima War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Yakama[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1855 –
1858[/TD]
[TD]American victory, peace treaty[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Battle of Ty-ho Bay[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chinese Pirates[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 4, 1855[/TD]
[TD]Anglo-American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]First Fiji Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Fiji[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 1855[/TD]
[TD]United States victory in battle, objective failed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Opium War or
Second Anglo-Chinese War or
Second China War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Qing Dynasty[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1856 –
1859[/TD]
[TD]Treaty of Tianjin June 18, 1858[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Navajo Wars[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Navajo[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1858 –
1866[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Long Walk of the Navajo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Fiji Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Fiji[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6–16 October 1858[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paraguay Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Paraguay[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1859[/TD]
[TD]Paraguay extended an apology to the United States, indemnified the family of the slain Water Witch crewman, and granted the United States a new and highly advantageous commercial treaty[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paiute War or
Paiute Indian War or
Pyramid Lake War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Paiute
Bannock
Shoshone[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1860[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Reform War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Conservatives[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 6, 1860[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]American Civil War or
War Between the States[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 12, 1861 –
April 9, 1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory:

• Territorial integrity of the United States of America preserved
• Slavery abolished
• Seceded states of the Confederate States of America eventually re-admitted to the Union

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Eastern Theater
Part of the American Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1861 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Western Theater
Part of the American Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1861 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Lower Seaboard Theater
Part of the American Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1862 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Pacific Coast Theater
Part of the American Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1862 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Trans-Mississippi Theater
Part of the American Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Confederate States of America[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1862 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]Union victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bombardment of Qui Nhơn or
Cochinchina Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Nguyen Dynasty[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 31, 1861[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, fort silenced[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dakota War of 1862 or
Sioux Uprising or
Sioux Outbreak of 1862[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Dakota Sioux[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 17 –
December 26, 1862[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Colorado War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Cheyenne
Arapaho[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1863 –
1865[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Battles for Shimonoseki[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Chōshū Domain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 20, 1863 –
September 6, 1864[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Snake War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Paiute
Bannock
Shoshone[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1864 –
1868[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Powder River Expedition or
Connor Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1865[/TD]
[TD]United States victory; raids along Bozeman trail stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Red Cloud's War or
Bozeman War or
Powder River War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Lakota
Cheyenne
Arapaho[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1866 –
1868[/TD]
[TD]United States victory:

• Treaty of Fort Laramie (186
• Lakota people confined to reservations in the Bozeman Trail and in Fort Laramie
• The Lakota and Northern Cheyenne territory made into reservations but part of the United States

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Comanche Campaign or
Comanche War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1867 –
1875[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Formosa Expedition or
Taiwan Expedition of 1867[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Paiwan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 1867[/TD]
[TD]United States objectives failed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Korean Expedition or
Shinmiyangyo[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Joseon Dynasty[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 1, 1871 –
July 3, 1871[/TD]
[TD]United States military victory, United States diplomatic failure; Korean-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Modoc War or
Modoc Campaign or
Lava Beds War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Modoc[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 6, 1872 –
June 4, 1873[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Red River War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 27, 1874 –
June 1875[/TD]
[TD]United States victory; end to the Texas-Indian Wars[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Black Hills War or
Great Sioux War of 1876–77 or
Little Big Horn Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Lakota
Northern Cheyenne
Arapaho[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1876 –
1877[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nez Perce War or
Nez Perce Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Nez Perce[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1877[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bannock War or
Bannock Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Bannock
Shoshone[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1878[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cheyenne War or
Cheyenne Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Cheyenne[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1878 –
1879[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sheepeater Indian War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Shoshone[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1879[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]White River War or
Ute War or
Ute Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Ute[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1879 –
1880[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pine Ridge Campaign or
Ghost Dance War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Sioux[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November 1890 –
January 1891[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Samoan Civil War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Mataafans[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898 –
1899[/TD]
[TD]Mataafan victory, Mata'afa Iosefo becomes high chief of Samoa; United States acquires American Samoa, Germany acquires German Samoa[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Spanish–American War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 25 –
August 12, 1898[/TD]
[TD]United States victory:

• Decisive United States victory
• Treaty of Paris
• Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba, cedes the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20 million

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Caribbean Theater
Part of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]US victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Cuban Campaign
Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]US victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Puerto Rican Campaign
Part of the Caribbean Theatre of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]Militarily inconclusive, Spain cedes Puerto Rico in accordance with the accords of the Treaty of Paris of 1898[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Pacific Theater
Part of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]US victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Guam Campaign
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]United States victory:

• United States captures Guam

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Philippine Campaign
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Spanish-American War[/TD]
[TD] Spain[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1898[/TD]
[TD]Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government during Spanish–American War (189[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Moro Rebellion[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Sultanate of Sulu
Moro[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1899 –
1913[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Philippine–American War or
Philippine War of Independence or
Philippine Insurrection[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] First Philippine Republic
Revolutionary forces
Pulajanes[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 2, 1899 –
July 4, 1902[/TD]
[TD]United States victory and dissolution of the First Philippine Republic; The Philippine Islands becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Boxer Rebellion or
The Boxer Uprising[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Righteous Harmony Society
Qing Empire[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]September 28, 1899 –
August 15, 1900[/TD]
[TD]Alliance victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Occupation of Nicaragua or
Nicaraguan Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Liberal rebels[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1912 –
1933[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mexican Revolution or
Mexican Expedition or
Pancho Villa Expedition[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Mexico
Yaqui[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 21, 1914 –
June 16, 1919[/TD]
[TD]Porfirio Diaz ousted from power and exiled in France, Convention of Aguascalientes between revolutionary leaders, Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted, assassination of important revolutionary leaders Madero, Zapata and Carranza, founding of the National Revolutionary Party[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Occupation of Haiti or
Haitian Campaign or
Caco War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Haiti
Caco rebels[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 28, 1915 –
August 1, 1934[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Cacos defeated, Haiti occupied.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Occupation of the Dominican Republic or
Dominican Campaign[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Dominican Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1916 –
1924[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Dominican Republic occupied.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]World War I or
First World War or
Great War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Armistice with Germany November 11, 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919
Treaty of Berlin (August 25, 1921)
Treaty of Trianon (in part)
Allied victory:

• End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires
• Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
• Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
• Establishment of the League of Nations.

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Asian and Pacific Theatre
Part of World War I[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]European Theatre
Part of World War I[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Austria-Hungary[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Italian Campaign
Part of the European Theatre of World War I[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Austria-Hungary[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Western Front
Part of the European Theatre of World War I[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Austria-Hungary[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Collapse of the German Empire.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]First Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War I[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1917 –
1918[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Treaty of Versailles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Russian Civil War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Russia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1918 –
1920[/TD]
[TD]Allied withdrawal from Russia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]North Russia Campaign
Part of the Russian Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Russia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1918 –
1920[/TD]
[TD]Allied withdrawal[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Siberian Intervention
Part of the Russian Civil War[/TD]
[TD] Russia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1918 –
1920[/TD]
[TD]Allied withdrawal[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]World War II or
Second World War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Nazi Germany
Empire of Japan
Fascist Italy
Italian Social Republic
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Thailand
Croatia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 7, 1941 –
September 2, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory:

• Dissolution of the Third Reich
• Dissolution of the Empire of Japan
• Creation of the United Nations
• Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
• Beginning of the Cold War

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Pacific War
Part of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan

• 
  Manchukuo
• Wang Jingwei regime
• 
  Second Philippine Republic

Thailand
Free India
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1941 –
1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory
End of World War II:

• Fall of the Empire of Japan.
• Continuation of Chinese Civil War.
• Substantial weakening of European colonial powers, gradual decolonization of Asia (including the Indonesian National Revolution and the First Indochina War)
• American occupation of Japan, removal of all Japanese troops occupying parts of the Republic of China, retrocession of Taiwan to China, liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, division of Korea, secession of all Japanese-held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean, such as the Marianas Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Palau Islands to the United Nations, removal of all Japanese troops from the Australian-governed Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago, seizure of Sakhalin and of the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Burma Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan

• State of Burma

Thailand
Free India
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 1942 –
July 1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory, leading to later Independence of Burma in 1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Solomon Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 1942 –
August 21, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]New Guinea Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 23, 1942 –
August 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Aleutian Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 3, 1942 –
August 15, 1943[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Guadalcanal Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 7, 1942 –
February 9, 1943[/TD]
[TD]Strategic Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November, 1943 –
February 1944[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June –
November 1944[/TD]
[TD]American victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Philippines Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan
Second Philippine Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 20, 1944 –
September 2, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; Allied forces liberate the Philippines[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January –
June 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Japan Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]February 16 –
July 23, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Borneo Campaign
Part of the Pacific War of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Empire of Japan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]May 1 –
August 1, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory; the Japanese are pushed further from Australia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Second Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italy
Vichy France[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1941 –
1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters
Part of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italy
Vichy France
Italian Social Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1941 –
1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Egypt–Libya Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1942 –
1943[/TD]
[TD]Allied forces finally succeed in driving all Axis forces out of Libya[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Algeria-French Morocco Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Vichy France
Germany (naval participation in Morocco)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November 8–16, 1942[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Tunisia Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italy[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]November 17, 1942 –
May 13, 1943[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Sicily Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theaters of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Italy
Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 9 –
August 17, 1943[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]European Theater
Part of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italy
Vichy France
Italian Social Republic
Hungary[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1943 –
1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory:

• Fall of Nazi Germany (concurrently with Eastern Front)
• Fall of Fascist Italy
• Liberation of occupied countries in Western and Northern Europe
• Partition of Germany (1945)

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Naples-Foggia Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italy
(to 8 September)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]September 3, 1943 –
September 16, 1943[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Anzio Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italian Social Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 22, 1944 –
June 4, 1944[/TD]
[TD]Operation successful; VI Corps established beachhead; Battle of Anzio followed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Rome-Arno Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 22, 1944 –
September 9, 1944[/TD]
[TD]German resistance crumbled[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Normandy Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 6, 1944 –
mid-July 1944[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Northern France Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 6 –
August 15, 1944[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Southern France Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 15, 1944 –
September 14, 1944[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]North Apennines Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italian Social Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 25 –
December 17, 1944[/TD]
[TD]Inconclusive[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Rhineland Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 25, 1944 –
March 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Ardennes-Alsace Campaign Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 16, 1944 –
January 18, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Central Europe Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany Hungary
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]February 8, 1945 –
May 8, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Allied victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Po Valley Campaign
Part of the European Theater of World War II[/TD]
[TD] Germany
Italian Social Republic[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 6, 1945 –
May 2, 1945[/TD]
[TD]Decisive Allied victory:

• German surrender in Italy
• Italian Social Republic disestablished

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cold War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
East Germany
Albania
People's Republic of China
North Korea
Cuba
North Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Afghanistan
Grenada[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1947 –
1991[/TD]
[TD]Dissolution of the USSR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Korean War or
Korean Conflict or
The Forgotten War
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Democratic People's Republic of Korea
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1950 –
1953[/TD]
[TD]Cease-fire armistice, North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled, UN invasion of North Korea repelled, Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled, Korean Demilitarized Zone established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Merklín Incident
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Czechoslovakia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 10, 1953[/TD]
[TD]American F-84 shot down[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]First Indochina War or
French Indochina War
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Khmer Issarak
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1950 –
1954[/TD]
[TD]Geneva Conference
Departure of the French from Indochina[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Bay of Pigs Invasion
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Cuba[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1961[/TD]
[TD]Invasion expelled[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Vietnam War or
Vietnam Conflict or
Second Indochina War
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1953 –
1973[/TD]
[TD]Peace treaty between Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) signed at Paris Peace Accords. Armed forces of the American forces withdraw from Indochina.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1975 Spring Offensive or
Vietnam War or
Vietnam Conflict
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1975[/TD]
[TD]Paris Peace Accord broken. Dissolution annexation of the Republic of Vietnam by Democratic Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnamese Vietnamese boat people granted asylum by the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Japan[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Laotian Civil War or
Secret War
Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Pathet Lao
North Vietnam[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1953 –
1975[/TD]
[TD]Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Cambodian Civil War
Part of the Second Indochina War of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] National United Front of Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
North Vietnam
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1970 –
1975[/TD]
[TD]Fall of the Khmer Republic to the Khmer Rouge; creation of Democratic Kampuchea; Beginning of Cambodian Genocide[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Congo Crisis
part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD]Congo (Stanleyville)
Simba Maoists
Soviet Union
Cuba
United Arab Republic
Algeria
Congo-Brazzaville
Tanzania
Burundi
People's Republic of China
Katanga
South Kasai
Belgium
South Africa
Rhodesia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]June 30, 1960 –
November 25, 1965[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Joseph Mobutu seizes power, start of Zaire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Invasion of the Dominican Republic or
Operation Power Pack
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Dominican Republic
Supported by:
Cuba[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 28, 1965 –
September 1966[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Yom Kippur War or
October War
part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Tunisia
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Cuba
Palestinian Liberation Organization
North Korea[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 6–25, 1973[/TD]
[TD]Israeli tactical victory, Geneva Conference and the Sinai Interim Agreement, both Egypt and Israel achieve political and strategic gains[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Soviet war in Afghanistan or
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan or
Soviet-Afghan War
part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 24, 1979 –
February 15, 1989[/TD]
[TD]United States victory, beginning of Taliban and Al Qaeda[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Invasion of Grenada or
Operation Urgent Fury
Part of the Cold War[/TD]
[TD] Grenada
Cuba[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]25 October –
15 December 1983[/TD]
[TD]Decisive United States/CPF victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s or
Operation Blue Bat[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Puerto Rican nationalists[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 30, 1950[/TD]
[TD]United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1958 Lebanon crisis or
Operation Blue Bat[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Lebanese Rebels[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]July 15 –
October 25, 1958[/TD]
[TD]Opposition successfully intimidated[SUP][clarification needed][/SUP][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Colombian Conflict[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Guerrillas[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1964–present[/TD]
[TD]conflict ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1981 Gulf of Sidra incident or
First Gulf of Sidra Incident[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Libya[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 19, 1981[/TD]
[TD]US victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lebanese Civil War or
Multinational Force in Lebanon[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Shia militia
Druze miltia
Syria[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 24, 1982 –
February 7, 1984[/TD]
[TD]Withdrawal starting February 7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Action in the Gulf of Sidra or
Operation Prairie Fire[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Libya[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 1986[/TD]
[TD]Tactical US victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bombing of Libya or
Operation El Dorado Canyon[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Libya[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]April 15, 1986[/TD]
[TD]Tactical US victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Iran-Iraq War or
Operation Earnest Will or
Tanker War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Iran[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1987 –
1988[/TD]
[TD]Operation Prime Chance, Operation Nimble Archer, Operation Praying Mantis; United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1989 Gulf of Sidra incident or
Second Gulf of Sidra Incident[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Libya[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 4, 1989[/TD]
[TD]Both sides claimed victory; Deterioration of Libya-United States relations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Invasion of Panama or
Operation Just Cause[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Panama PDF[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]December 20, 1989 –
January 31, 1990[/TD]
[TD]Decisive United States victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gulf War or
Persian Gulf War or
Operation Desert Storm[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Iraq[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 2, 1990 –
February 28, 1991[/TD]
[TD]Coalition victory:

• Imposition of sanctions against Iraq
• Removal of Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Iraqi no-fly zones[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Iraq[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1991 –
2003[/TD]
[TD]Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (June 1993), Cruise missile strikes on Iraq (1996), Operation Northern Watch, Operation Desert Fox, Operation Southern Focus; Coalition victory[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Somali Civil War or
Operation Restore Hope[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Various Somali factions[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1992 –
1994[/TD]
[TD]Multinational success[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bosnian War or
Operation Deliberate Force[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republika Srpska[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]1993 –
1995[/TD]
[TD]Dayton Accords[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Operation Uphold Democracy[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Haiti[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]19 September 1994 –
31 March 1995[/TD]
[TD]
Reinstatement of Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan or
Operation Infinite Reach[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Al-Qaeda
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
National Islamic Front[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]August 20, 1998[/TD]
[TD]Disputed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kosovo War or
Operation Allied Force or
Operation Noble Anvil[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Federal Republic of Yugoslavia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 24 –
June 10, 1999[/TD]
[TD]Kumanovo Treaty, UN Security Council Resolution 1244; Reflagged as KFOR in 1999 in support of Operation Joint Guardian[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]War on Terror[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Al-Qaeda
Taliban
Caucasian militants
Al-Shabaab
Islamic Courts Union
Iraqi insurgents
Hamas
Hezbollah
Baath Party Loyalists[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7 October 2001 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Ongoing:

• Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan
• Destruction of Al-Qaeda camps
• Taliban insurgency
• Fall of the Ba'ath Party government in Iraq
• Execution of Saddam Hussein
• Free elections
• Iraqi insurgency
• Killing of Osama bin Laden

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Operation Enduring Freedom
Part of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD]In Afghanistan:

• Taliban
• al-Qaeda

In the Philippines:

• Moro Islamic Liberation Front
• Abu Sayyaf
• Jemaah Islamiyah

In Somalia:

• Al-Shabaab
• Hizbul Islam
• 
  Somalia Pirates

In Sahara:

• Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb

[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7 October 2001 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflicts ongoing;

• Taliban regime overthrown but their forces still fight ISAF and Afghan government forces
• Killing of Osama bin Laden

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]War in Afghanistan or
Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD]Insurgent groups:

• Taliban
  • 
    al-Qaeda
  • 
    IMU
  • 
    HI-Gulbuddin
  • 
    HI-Khalis
  • 
    Haqqani network
  • 
    Lashkar-e-Taiba
  • 
    JeM
  • 
    ETIM
• TTP
• IEW
• TNSM
• 
  IJU

---

2001 Invasion:

• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• 
  al-Qaeda

[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 7, 2001 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing:

• Invasion of Afghanistan
• Fall of the Taliban government
• Destruction of al-Qaeda camps
• Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished
• Occupation of Afghanistan
• Establishment of a new Afghan Government and Security Force
• Taliban insurgency
• War in North-West Pakistan
• Killing of Osama bin Laden

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines or
Operation Freedom Eagle
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD] Jemaah Islamiyah
Abu Sayyaf
Rajah Sulaiman Movement
al-Qaeda[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]15 January 2002 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD]Insurgents: al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Dis) Islamic Courts Union (Dis)
Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen
Hizbul Islam (Dis)

• Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia
• Ras Kamboni Brigades
• Jabhatul Islamiya
• Mu'askar Anole

al-Qaeda

---

See: Somali Civil War Pirates:
Somali Pirates

• Somali Marines
• National Volunteer Coast Guard (NVCG)
• Marka group
• Puntland Group

Yemeni Pirates
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7 October 2002 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD] al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]6 February 2007 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Iraq War or
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Part of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD]Insurgent groups:
Baath Party Loyalists
Islamic State of Iraq
al-Qaeda in Iraq (2003–11)
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
Islamic Army of Iraq
Ansar al-Sunnah

---

Iraq
[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 20, 2003 –
December 15, 2011[/TD]
[TD]United States/Coalition victory, Coalition combat operations concluded, low level internal conflict ongoing:

• Invasion of Iraq
• Overthrow of Baath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein
• Coalition occupation of Iraq
• Iraqi insurgency and sectarian violence
• Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency
• Improvements in public security
• Foreign terrorist operations
• Elections held
• Presence of American troops in advise and assist role until the end of 2011

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]War in North-West Pakistan or
Operation Freedom Eagle
Part of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD] Taliban
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
TNSM
Al-Qaeda
Lashkar-e-Islam
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Ghazi Force[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 16, 2004 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing:

• Ongoing insurgency
• Large part of FATA under Taliban control
• Shifting public support for the Pakistani government

[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
Part of the War on Terror[/TD]
[TD]Islamic Emirate of Abyan
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]January 14, 2010 –
present[/TD]
[TD]Conflict ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Second Liberian Civil War[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
Movement for Democracy in Liberia[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]2003[/TD]
[TD]US forces withdraw in 2003 after UNMIL is established[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lord's Resistance Army insurgency[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Lord's Resistance Army
supported by:
Sudan[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]October 2011 –
Present[/TD]
[TD]Crisis ongoing[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 Libyan civil war or
Operation Odyssey Dawn[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:

• Armed forces
• Militia

[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]March 19 –
October 23, 2011[/TD]
[TD]Coalition victory:

• Death of Muammar Gaddafi
• Dissolution of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

You forgot the domestic "war on drugs".

I didn't forget it. We are talking about Military Conflict, not Paramilitary-DEA.

In fact, you missed it, All the Paramilitary CIA conflicts and the the current SpecOPs are not listed. Still secret.

Doer said:

I didn't forget it. We are talking about Military Conflict, not Paramilitary-DEA.

In fact, you missed it, All the Paramilitary CIA conflicts and the the current SpecOPs are not listed. Still secret.

Click to expand...

You forgot Cambodia, no wait, that didn't happen.

Why simply agree? The Nam conflict certainly includes Cambodia.

wtf happened to this thread.

Constiello said:

wtf happened to this thread.

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The same as you....total annihilation of Sunni Jihad.

Doer said:

The same as you....total annihilation of Sunni Jihad.

Click to expand...

Except you now militarily support Sunni Jihad...

So yeah...

Harrekin said:

Except you now militarily support Sunni Jihad...

So yeah...

Click to expand...

Complicated...I will grant you. But some among us know the composition of the Syrian opposition, better than others I see.

Apart for the actual Stateless mutt animals, there is plenty of Persian and Pastun. They like to fight.

And will they back Sunni until the knife in the back of the Sunni? You bet.

But, what I speak of the uber-Jihad warlord of Sunni. Pasha Bey, before and now Sadam Hussain and the Assad croak, sure to hang.

These are the Gestapo dregs set in motion as the Baathist Party. Thugs will hang in the never ending messing with Sunni Jihad. It isn't even a War, it is Jefferson's Mind Fuck. It is long term intentional damage to Sunni power. But, it is a religion. Can't stamp it out.

We can only hope these two War Cults will calm down and become the religions of peace. But, Christians are not Peaceful.

And after all this time of the peaceful wandering Jew, Sunni Jihad has created the Fist of Zion for us.

How about that?

So, now, sit back for vast and head scratching mess that has to go into the Sunni mind about what we really mean here.

All lies. I'm listening to McCain and the other guy (shrug ) and they are cheerleading for Obama in double=talk. Party line double=talk. The Press has swerved to repeating double=talk.

It will be nothing they want us to think. I never has been. The Congress will now say.

Rolling Thunder.

And Obama will punt and say, Well, I tried to limit it but the Republicans are dead set. ( use your Clinton voice there.)