It's a bit sketchy but the us has been at war ninety three percent of the time since her inception. Every president has had some kind of military action.
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It's a bit sketchy but the us has been at war ninety three percent of the time since her inception. Every president has had some kind of military action.
Hmm... not a good stat.
Ha ya, the guy kind of reached to fill in a few wars but it's a good rough estimateQuote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
I'm surprised Miles hasn't been all over this one already.
A list of those wars/conflicts/military interventions would be nice earliest to latest
1754-1763 French & Indian War/Seven Years War...the Colonials fought in a number of the battles
1775-1783 Revolutionary War: US vs England
1776-1795 Chickamunga War: US vs Cherokee Nation
1785-1793 Northwest Indian War: US, Chicksaw, & Choctaw vs Great Britain & GB North America ie Canada
1786-1787 Shay's Rebellion: US vs Anti-government militias angry over the Articles of Confederation
1791-1794 Whiskey Rebellion: US vs People who didn't want their whiskey taxed
1798-1800 QuasiWar: US and England vs France in naval battle
1801-1805 First Barbary War: US vs Sultanate of Morocco, Eyalet of Tripoliatania, & Muslim Corsairs in the Mediterranean and North Africa
1811 German Coast Uprising: US vs Rebel Haitian Slaves
1811 Tecumsah's War: US vs Tecumsah's Confederacy
1812-1815 War of 1812: US & Injuns vs England, Spain, and Injuns
1813-1814 Creek War: US vs The Creek
1815 Second Barbary War: US vs Regency of Algiers & Muslim Corsairs
1817-1818 First Seminole War: US vs the Seminoles (I don't believe Bobby Bowden was coaching them at the time...hell of a team though)
1820-1875 Texas Indian Wars: The US, the Texas Republic, Mexico, & Spain vs the Comanche Tribe
1823 Arikara War: The US vs Arikara
1825-1828 Aegean Sea War vs Greek Pirates
.......sigh....this is taking forever, someone can list the rest.
Miles would have thought it was 99%Quote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan