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It was about 25 years between Vietnam and Afghanistan, and Americans are far more isolationistic now than they were after Vietnam. Like GW Bush, it will probab

It was about 25 years between Vietnam and Afghanistan, and Americans are far more isolationistic now than they were after Vietnam. Like GW Bush, it will probably be whichever president is the next to preside over a deadly attack on American soil.

mywittyname 5y ago
You're forgetting about the Gulf War, Kosovo/Bosnia War, and a handful of significant "interventions" and "police actions" around the world. Plus there is the ongoing crisis in Syria, Iraq, and Libya (Not an Asian adventure, but still battling Islamic troops). I would not be surprised if the country is dragged into another war during the current administration. Could be Georgia (the country), Pakistan, Israel, Somalia, Iran, Sudan, or any number of other destabilized nations in the region.
- underseacables 5y ago
  Kosovo/Bosnia was more about taking attention away from the impeachment of President Clinton.
  - mywittyname 5y ago
    Not sure I agree, as the NATO was actively engaged by 1994 after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banja_Luka_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banja_Luka_incident . After which time, NATO / US forces began active bombing campaigns against Serbian targets.
  - rurban 5y ago
    Kosovo/Bosnia was about the new incoming French president Mitterand doing private deals with Milosevic, who promised him that the enclaves will be okay. They weren't. Srbenenica caused the NATO airplanes finally flying, ending the sieges and genocides.
- philwelch 5y ago
  Yugoslavia is in Europe and not Asia. The Gulf War was in-and-out within a year and actually achieved a concrete mission set out ahead of time.
dragontamer 5y ago
US took actions vs Iran and Iraq in the 80s and early 90s. Bin Laden attacked the twin towers in the early 90s. It was originally a big bomb in the basement / garage floors, but the bomb wasn't strong enough to topple the towers. We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning

mywittyname 5y ago

You're forgetting about the Gulf War, Kosovo/Bosnia War, and a handful of significant "interventions" and "police actions" around the world. Plus there is the ongoing crisis in Syria, Iraq, and Libya (Not an Asian adventure, but still battling Islamic troops). I would not be surprised if the country is dragged into another war during the current administration. Could be Georgia (the country), Pakistan, Israel, Somalia, Iran, Sudan, or any number of other destabilized nations in the region.

underseacables 5y ago
Kosovo/Bosnia was more about taking attention away from the impeachment of President Clinton.
- mywittyname 5y ago
  Not sure I agree, as the NATO was actively engaged by 1994 after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banja_Luka_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banja_Luka_incident . After which time, NATO / US forces began active bombing campaigns against Serbian targets.
- rurban 5y ago
  Kosovo/Bosnia was about the new incoming French president Mitterand doing private deals with Milosevic, who promised him that the enclaves will be okay. They weren't. Srbenenica caused the NATO airplanes finally flying, ending the sieges and genocides.
philwelch 5y ago
Yugoslavia is in Europe and not Asia. The Gulf War was in-and-out within a year and actually achieved a concrete mission set out ahead of time.

dragontamer 5y ago

US took actions vs Iran and Iraq in the 80s and early 90s. Bin Laden attacked the twin towers in the early 90s. It was originally a big bomb in the basement / garage floors, but the bomb wasn't strong enough to topple the towers. We didn't start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning