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The last time the US went into a war because there were malevolent people in the world who posed a direct threat to the nation was in the 1940s
by moolcool 6y ago
The last time the US went into a war because there were malevolent people in the world who posed a direct threat to the nation was in the 1940s
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- exclusiv 6y agoDepends how you define direct threat. The threats changed after WW2 for technological, industrial and economic reasons. Also, I don't follow the spirit of your comment. The United Nations came out of WW2. And the US is a key member of those coalitions against any malevolent regimes. Just how it works. A direct threat isn't a thing anymore of relevance when you're a member of a coalition.
- ativzzz 6y agoHow about the Korean and Vietnam wars? Iraq? Afghanistan? Maybe they weren't officially declared wars like WW1/2 but if sending troops to a country to fight doesn't constitute wars I don't know what does.
- moolcool 6y agoThe implication of my post is that those wars were not "because there were malevolent people in the world who posed a direct threat to the nation". The US could just as well not have not gone to war in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
- ativzzz 6y agoPretty sure the rationale for Korea/Vietnam was exactly "because there were malevolent people in the world who posed a direct threat to the nation", just targeted towards the USSR/communism
- bromuro 6y agoand what about latin america. there’s no end to the abuses of the US military around the world, and MS is helping these killers in exchange of money.