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As an Australian, I know little, but the War in Iraq, and two global unwinnable-wars - the War on Drugs and Cyber Warfare.

eli 13y ago
The US withdrew all combat troops from Iraq and the War on Drugs isn't really a war. I guess you could argus we're waging a cyber war with Iran and China.
- northwest 13y ago
  There's Afghanistan as well, and Pakistan. Drones striking without any warnings. But this discussion is actually pretty revealing - as the general public we're probably not really aware that the US is at war. EDIT: And there's also Yemen (via drones). EDIT 2: If you think about it, this war strategy means 1 thing for sure: we're actually keeping the terrorist threat alive by ourselves (but then again, that's probably b/c too many politicians profit off it).
  - eli 13y ago
    Agree with you on the drones.
- D9u 13y ago
  There are still US special operations troops in Iraq. http://www.thenation.com/article/170158/us-special-forces-deployed-iraq-again# http://www.thenation.com/article/170158/us-special-forces-de... https://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/09/us-special-forces-deployed-in-iraq-again/ https://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/09/us-special-forces-deploy... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/middleeast/iraq-faces-new-perils-from-syrias-civil-war.html?pagewanted=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/middleeast/iraq-face... That's not counting the nearly 5000 private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - still in Iraq providing security for various US assets there. Nor does this consider the USMC contingent guarding the US embassy. As for the "war on (some) drugs," ask anyone who has had their door kicked in by mistake by police conducting military style raids, I'm sure the victims of such will draw parallels between the currently accepted police actions and military raids in Afghanistan. As for "cyberwar," the very fact that global communications are being intercepted and catalogued by adjuncts of the US DoD illustrates that cyberwarfare is being perpetrated on many more entities besides "Iran and China."
  - pilsetnieks 13y ago
    The USMC guards all American embassies so it's no indication in itself for being at war with a country.
  - rdouble 13y ago
    There are American troops almost everywhere. Robert Kaplan's books "Imperial Grunts" and "Monsoon" detail their current involvement in Columbia, Philippines, Mongolia, Iraq, Afghanistan and stations all around the Indian Ocean.
- adventured 13y ago
  We still have a sizable private militia in Iraq, funded by the US Government (and a much larger one still in Afghanistan). http://nation.time.com/2012/10/09/contractors-in-war-zones-not-exactly-contracting/ http://nation.time.com/2012/10/09/contractors-in-war-zones-n... http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0319/A-lesson-from-Iraq-war-How-to-outsource-war-to-private-contractors http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0319/A-less... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/business/iraq-war-contractors http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/business/iraq-war-contract...
SEJeff 13y ago
And Yemen, Jordan, etc, etc
- tome 13y ago
  Jordan I think not.
  - SEJeff 13y ago
    War was the wrong word, but we certainly have people there: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/world/us-jordan-troops-order http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/world/us-jordan-troops-order

eli 13y ago

The US withdrew all combat troops from Iraq and the War on Drugs isn't really a war. I guess you could argus we're waging a cyber war with Iran and China.

northwest 13y ago
There's Afghanistan as well, and Pakistan. Drones striking without any warnings. But this discussion is actually pretty revealing - as the general public we're probably not really aware that the US is at war. EDIT: And there's also Yemen (via drones). EDIT 2: If you think about it, this war strategy means 1 thing for sure: we're actually keeping the terrorist threat alive by ourselves (but then again, that's probably b/c too many politicians profit off it).
- eli 13y ago
  Agree with you on the drones.
D9u 13y ago
There are still US special operations troops in Iraq. http://www.thenation.com/article/170158/us-special-forces-deployed-iraq-again# http://www.thenation.com/article/170158/us-special-forces-de... https://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/09/us-special-forces-deployed-in-iraq-again/ https://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/09/us-special-forces-deploy... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/middleeast/iraq-faces-new-perils-from-syrias-civil-war.html?pagewanted=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/middleeast/iraq-face... That's not counting the nearly 5000 private contractors - we used to call them mercenaries - still in Iraq providing security for various US assets there. Nor does this consider the USMC contingent guarding the US embassy. As for the "war on (some) drugs," ask anyone who has had their door kicked in by mistake by police conducting military style raids, I'm sure the victims of such will draw parallels between the currently accepted police actions and military raids in Afghanistan. As for "cyberwar," the very fact that global communications are being intercepted and catalogued by adjuncts of the US DoD illustrates that cyberwarfare is being perpetrated on many more entities besides "Iran and China."
- pilsetnieks 13y ago
  The USMC guards all American embassies so it's no indication in itself for being at war with a country.
- rdouble 13y ago
  There are American troops almost everywhere. Robert Kaplan's books "Imperial Grunts" and "Monsoon" detail their current involvement in Columbia, Philippines, Mongolia, Iraq, Afghanistan and stations all around the Indian Ocean.
adventured 13y ago
We still have a sizable private militia in Iraq, funded by the US Government (and a much larger one still in Afghanistan). http://nation.time.com/2012/10/09/contractors-in-war-zones-not-exactly-contracting/ http://nation.time.com/2012/10/09/contractors-in-war-zones-n... http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0319/A-lesson-from-Iraq-war-How-to-outsource-war-to-private-contractors http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0319/A-less... http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/business/iraq-war-contractors http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/19/business/iraq-war-contract...

SEJeff 13y ago

And Yemen, Jordan, etc, etc

tome 13y ago
Jordan I think not.
- SEJeff 13y ago
  War was the wrong word, but we certainly have people there: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/world/us-jordan-troops-order http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/world/us-jordan-troops-order