Why Is The United States Always at War?

WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? Absolutely Nothing

Well, I can't say absolutely nothing. It's good for the weapons manufacturers and their employees. It's good for the military industrial complex. It's good for those who are higher up in the ranks since they don't have to do the dirty work and they make pretty hefty salaries and pensions. But what is it really good for, for YOU or ME? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

It just leaves us wondering when the big one is going to go off when you watch the nightly news currently with what is going on between Ukraine and Russia. How many of us really know why the Russians went into Ukraine? Seems to me that the reason that they went in was actually for the ONLY LEGITAMATE REASON for WAR. SELF DEFENSE. And yes, wheather you want to agree with me or not, if I happen to be somewhere where some insane psychopath goes on a killing spree and you are standing next to me unarmed and he goes to attack YOU, I have the RIGHT to defend you. So when the Nazi's of Ukraine were attacking the Russian speaking people in the area of Donbas and they cried out in despair for help from Russia, it was the RIGHT of Russia to defend them! Two sections of Ukraine are claimed to be part of Ukraine but they are RUSSIAN for all intents. The other area is called Luhansk. These two areas are what Vladimir Putin acknowledged as their own separate countries. That is the part we are being propagandized about that is bullshit.

And no wonder, Chairman Xiden has his back pocket being filled up with filthy lucre that is being paid for his assistance and the assistance of the US military industrial complex. "Knowing" these things is what pisses me off. Seems like Ukrainian Nazis are fine to hang out with and assist but Nazis in the US are bad. To me they are both bad. They both represent a totalitarian type of mentality that wants to run my life and yours.

I'm reminded of the song "War" by the group Edwin Starr was the vocalist of...and then there are the articles I've been reading lately by Gary Barnett and those lead you down the rabbit hole where you find and swallow more red pills. Funny thing is that the words to "War" are hard to understand due to the overpowering music. But after I looked up the lyrics, I was floored by the wisdom in them. And the year the song was released was 1969. You'd think we would have learned something by now.

Words like:

War I despise

Because it means destruction of innocent lives.

War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes

When their sons go to fight and lose their lives.

It's an enemy of all mankind

War has caused unrest within the younger generation

Induction, then destruction

War it's got one friend That's the undertaker

Many a young man's dreams made him disabled, bitter and mean.

Life is much to short and precious to spend fighting wars these days

War can't give life, It can only take it away.

Peace, love and understanding,

Tell me, is there no place for them today?

The say we must fight to keep our freedom?

But Lord knows there's got to be a better way.

I love this country as a whole, but the "leaders" are like a husband who beats his wife and we as the wife keep taking it because after all, we love him. There is a mental condition caused by this kind of thinking. And for the “we are fighting for your freedom” mentality…since when is MY freedom somewhere else besides the US?

What I found out while I was researching this out is heart breaking. and at the same time it is a wake up call.

Since we don't seem to keep track it was almost unbelievable to find that the USA has been at war 93% of the time – 228 out of 246 Years – Since 1776

To put this in perspective:

If you pick any year since 1776 and there is about 91% chance that America was involved in some war during that calendar year.

Not a single U.S. president truly qualifies as a peacetime president. All U.S. presidents can technically be considered “war presidents.”

The U.S. has never gone a single decade without being involved in a war.

During the isolationist period of the Great Depression was the only time the U.S. went five years without being involved in a war (1935-40).

Although U.S. troops have gone to war many times since 1776, Congress has only declared war 11 times. Think on that one. According to the Constitution, the ONLY wars we "should" be involved in are wars DECLARED BY CONGRESS!! And those have to be declared because we are under some sort of attack. FOR DEFENSE! And DEFENSE ONLY! Why do you think they call it the Department of Defense? That is what it is SUPPOSED to be for! I don't own guns for OFFENSE or for ASSAULT, I own them for DEFENSE and "sporting purposes"!

The following is what I found to my dismay...

Year-by-year Timeline of America’s Major Wars (1776-2021)

1776 – 1777 American Revolutionary War, Chickamagua Wars, Second Cherokee War, Pennamite-Yankee War

1778 – 1783 American Revolutionary War, Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War

1784 – Chickamauga Wars, Pennamite-Yankee War, Oconee War

1785 – 1794 Chickamauga Wars, Northwest Indian War

1795 – Northwest Indian War

1796 – 1797 No major war

1798 – 1800 Quasi-War

1801 – 1805 First Barbary War

1806 – Sabine Expedition

1807 – 1809 No major war

1810 – U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida

1811 – Tecumseh’s War

1812 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Seminole Wars, U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida

1813 – War of 1812, Tecumseh’s War, Peoria War, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in West Florida

1814 – War of 1812, Creek War, U.S. expands its territory in Florida, Anti-piracy war

1815 – War of 1812, Second Barbary War, Anti-piracy war

1816 – 1818 First Seminole War, Anti-piracy war

1819 – 1820 Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war

1821 – 1822 Anti-piracy war (continued)

1823 – Anti-piracy war, Arikara War

1824 – Anti-piracy war

1825 – Yellowstone Expedition, Anti-piracy war

1826 – No major war

1827 – Winnebago War

1828 – 1830 No major war

1831 – Sac and Fox Indian War

1832 – Black Hawk War

1833 – Cherokee Indian War

1834 – Cherokee Indian War, Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign

1835 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War

1836 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Missouri-Iowa Border War

1837 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Second Creek War, Osage Indian War, Buckshot War

1838 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars, Buckshot War, Heatherly Indian War

1839 – Cherokee Indian War, Seminole Wars

1840 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands

1841 – Seminole Wars, U.S. naval forces invade McKean Island, Gilbert Islands, and Samoa

1842 – Seminole Wars

1843 – U.S. forces clash with Chinese, U.S. troops invade African coast

1844 – 1845 Texas-Indian Wars

1846 – 1847 Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars

1848 – Mexican-American War, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War

1849 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians

1850 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, California Indian Wars, Pitt River Expedition

1851 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars

1852 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, California Indian Wars

1853 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Yuma War, Utah Indian Wars, Walker War, California Indian Wars

1854 – Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians

1855 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Cayuse War, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Yakima War, Winnas Expedition, Klickitat War, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay

1856 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Puget Sound War, Rogue River Wars, Tintic War

1857 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Utah War, Conflict in Nicaragua

1858 – Seminole Wars, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Mohave War, California Indian Wars, Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Paloos War, Utah War, U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands and Uruguay

1859 Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, California Indian Wars, Pecos Expedition, Antelope Hills Expedition, Bear River Expedition, John Brown’s raid, U.S. forces launch attack against Paraguay, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1860 – Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Paiute War, Kiowa-Comanche War

1861 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign

1862 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Dakota War of 1862,

1863 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Southwest Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Goshute War

1864 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Cheyenne Campaign, Colorado War, Snake War

1865 – American Civil War, Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Colorado War, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War

1866 – Texas-Indian Wars, Navajo Wars, Apache Wars, California Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Franklin County War, U.S. invades Mexico, Conflict with China

1867 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua and attack Taiwan

1868 – Texas-Indian Wars, Long Walk of the Navajo, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Snake War, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Red Cloud’s War, Comanche Wars, Battle of Washita River, Franklin County War

1869 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War

1870 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War

1871 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Franklin County War, Kingsley Cave Massacre, U.S. forces invade Korea

1872 – Texas-Indian Wars, Apache Wars, Utah’s Black Hawk War, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Franklin County War

1873 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Modoc War, Apache Wars, Cypress Hills Massacre, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1874 – Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Red River War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1875 – Conflict in Mexico, Texas-Indian Wars, Comanche Wars, Eastern Nevada, Mason County War, Colfax County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1876 – Texas-Indian Wars, Black Hills War, Mason County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1877 – Texas-Indian Wars, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Black Hills War, Nez Perce War, Mason County War, Lincoln County War, San Elizario Salt War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1878 – Paiute Indian conflict, Bannock War, Cheyenne War, Lincoln County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1879 – Cheyenne War, Sheepeater Indian War, White River War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1880 – 1896 U.S. forces invade Mexico

1885 – Apache Wars, Eastern Nevada Expedition, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1886 – Apache Wars, Pleasant Valley War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1887 – U.S. forces invade Mexico

1888 – U.S. show of force against Haiti, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1889 – U.S. forces invade Mexico

1890 – Sioux Indian War, Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians, Ghost Dance War, Wounded Knee, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1891 – Sioux Indian War, Ghost Dance War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1892 – Johnson County War, U.S. forces invade Mexico

1893 – U.S. forces invade Mexico and Hawaii

1894 – U.S. forces invade Mexico

1895 – U.S. forces invade Mexico, Bannock Indian Disturbances

1896 – U.S. forces invade Mexico

1897 – No major war

1898 – Spanish-American War, Battle of Leech Lake, Chippewa Indian Disturbances

1899 – 1912 Philippine-American War, Banana Wars (Banana Wars went on until 1934! See below)

1913 – Philippine-American War, Banana Wars, New Mexico Navajo War

1914 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico

1915 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico, Colorado Paiute War

1916 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico

1917 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S. invades Mexico

1918 – Banana Wars, World War I, U.S invades Mexico

1919 – Banana Wars, U.S. invades Mexico

1920 – Banana Wars

1921 – Banana Wars

1922 – Banana Wars

1923 – Banana Wars, Posey War

1924 – 1934 Banana Wars

1935 – No major war

1936 – No major war

1937 – No major war

1938 – No major war

1939 – No major war

1940 – No major war

1941 – 1945 World War II

1946 – Cold War (U.S. occupies the Philippines and South Korea)

1947 – Cold War (U.S. occupies South Korea, U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists)

1948 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)

1949 – Cold War (U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party against Communists)

1950 – Korean War, Jayuga Uprising

1951 – 1953 Korean War

1954 – Covert War in Guatemala

1955 – 1975 Vietnam War

1959 – Vietnam War, Conflict in Haiti

1962 – Vietnam War, Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis; U.S. marines fight Communists in Thailand)

1965 – 1966 Vietnam War, U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic

1973 – Vietnam War, U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War

1975 – end of Vietnam War

1976 – 1978 No major war

1979 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)

1980 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan)

1981 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), First Gulf of Sidra Incident

1982 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon

1983 – Cold War (Invasion of Grenada, CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Lebanon

1984 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua), Conflict in Persian Gulf

1985 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)

1986 – Cold War (CIA proxy war in Afghanistan and Nicaragua)

1987 – Conflict in Persian Gulf

1988 – Conflict in Persian Gulf, U.S. occupation of Panama

1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, U.S. occupation of Panama, Conflict in Philippines

1990 – First Gulf War, U.S. occupation of Panama

1991 – First Gulf War

1992 – Conflict in Iraq

1993 – Conflict in Iraq

1994 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti

1995 – Conflict in Iraq, U.S. invades Haiti, NATO bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina

1996 – Conflict in Iraq

1997 – No major war

1998 – Bombing of Iraq, Missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan

1999 – Kosovo War

2000 – No major war

2001 – War on Terror in Afghanistan

2002 – War on Terror in Afghanistan and Yemen

2003 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Iraq

2004 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2005 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2006 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2007 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen

2008 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2009 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2010 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen

2011 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen; Conflict in Libya (Libyan Civil War)

In most of these wars, the U.S. was on the offense. Some of these wars were defensive and are part of the 11 wars delcared by Congress. Many are covert CIA operations and other acts which could be considered war.

Let’s update what’s happened since 2011:

2012 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2013 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2014 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine

2015 – War on Terror in Afghanistan, Somalia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine

2016 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Civil War in Ukraine

2017 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2018 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2019 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2020 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2021 - War on Terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen

2022 - War on Terror Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen; Aiding Ukraine with weapons against Russia (which is an act of war along with sanctions)

We can debate about the exact numbers, but the high percentage of time that America has been at war is quite obvious. Literally most of the military operations launched since World War II have been launched by the U.S. And American military spending dwarfs the rest of the world put together.

Strangely enough, when I look at all this in light of what the Constitution makes pretty clear about a “standing army”, apparently it has been ignored from the onset! The provisions for Congress to call forth the militia in times of a war for a period of two years and the fact the Founding Fathers were so much against standing armies, makes me wonder what the heck was really going on behind the scenes even back then.

No wonder polls show that the world believes America is the number one threat to peace.

“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” ~ Albert Einstein

"The army...is a dangerous instrument to play with." George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, April 4th, 1783

And yet he did…Ever hear of the “Whiskey Rebellion”?

"A standing army is one of the greatest mischiefs that can possibly happen." James Madison, Debates, Virginia Convention, 1787

James Madison was so correct!

"This is the country most of you dishonestly support unconditionally. This is the country of which you claim to be a ‘patriot.’ This is the country of which you proudly display the flag of death. This is the country that claims to be exceptional, but in the case of its warring and militarized terror campaigns, it is only ‘exceptional’ in that it is the most prolific murdering capital in the world. Given the undying support offered by this blind population for terroristic aggression, it is obvious that the masses do not consider the true nature of the meaning of ‘country’ and heinous war; at least not in the proper context. The ‘country’ you worship is not the country at all, but is instead the ruling ‘elite’ class, and their murdering and enforcement goons in government and the military. Most equate the term ‘country’ with supporting all that is done in their name by government, but the people do not control the powerful forces of evil who rule over them, and commit atrocities in their name and with their permission, because they voluntarily allow the state to commit its murderous reign without resistance." ~Gary Barnett. (Read the complete post here: https://www.garydbarnett.com/war-breeds-empire-death-starvation-genocide-and-hatred-and-the-u-s-is-the-most-heinous-perpetrator-of-war-in-the-history-of-the-world/ )

“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.” ~ Arundhati Roy

Add to this the reason for government schools....to INDOCTRINATE the young into worship of the state. Which is why Karl Marx liked it so much. That is to the worship of psychopathic control freaks that convince them that their country is the best. The United States is NOT the country we are taught it is supposed to be. It is another lie in our lives of lies.

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat". ~George Carlin

"All this was inspired by the principle—which is quite true within itself—that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.

It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying." - Mein Kampf

We really do live in the Matrix… ~Courageous Lion