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None of them involve defending the US.
by sneak 3y ago
None of them involve defending the US.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoMoving the goalposts. Original claim was offensive wars.
- sneak 3y agoWell given that they're not engaging in the defense which is in the title of the organization, they must be offensive - there is no third option. Point being that we already invert terms like "defense" to mean "offense".
- pessimizer 3y agoAre these charitable wars? Decorative wars? What's the right term for entering into war with countries that aren't attacking you?
- HWR_14 3y agoNone of them are terribly US specific. The UK is involved in all the same conflicts. France, all but the intervention in Somalia. Three of them have countries like Belgium and Canada involved. The two fighting pirates who are attacking US ships overseas are clearly "defending the US" under international and US law. (And the coalition there includes Russia and North Korea fighting on the US side). The others are the US honoring it's treaty obligations by defending her allies or honoring the request of a government for help, usually by providing training and logistics support. Except for Syria, where the US is actually leading a coalition. But that is more a humanitarian intervention than anything else.
- pessimizer 3y ago> Except for Syria, where the US is actually leading a coalition. But that is more a humanitarian intervention than anything else. The intervention is what created the humanitarian crisis. Currently, its humanitarian goal is to guard oil production.