The Top 20 Biggest U.S. Military Interventions, Best to Worst

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• 3 years ago
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With the last flights coming out of Kabul, it’s time to review whether this US attitude to the world is a good idea.

Rules: major military use in country. Not counting CIA interventions.

1. World War 2. 1939-1945 Instrumental in huge Allied win which saved much of the world.
2. World War 1. 1914-1918 Instrumental in huge Allied win which saved much of Europe.
3. Marshall Plan and Cold War Europe 1946-1989 Rebuilt many damaged countries, defended Europe from Soviet communist expansion
4. American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 Independence from Britain enabling quick emergence of unique and powerful country with revolutionary democracy
5. Korean War 1950-53 Stopped half of Korea turning communist
6. Persian Gulf War 1990-91. Cleared Iraq out of Kuwait
7. Bosnia 1995 Helped bring Serbs to negotiating table
8. Thailand Communist Insurgency 1965-83 Stopped communist expansion
9. American Civil War 1861-65 Reunited the country, stopped slavery. Crappy postwar settlement
10. War of 1812 and Creek War. Britain and US largely settled. Defeat of Tecumseh’s native confederacy, massive native land thefts accelerate.
11. Philippine-American War 1899-1902. Successfully stabilised the country, miserable huge loss of local lives.
12. Iraq War 2003-11 Initial victory, total chaos afterwards, strengthened Iranian influence
13. Beiruit 1982-84 Started off stabilising Israel’s mess, went downhill fast.
14. Syria 2014-present ISIS defeated, then US backed the losing rebels. Syria now in proxy control by Turkey and Russia.
15. Panama Invasion 1989 Mixed. Got rid of a tyrant but left near-ungovernable mess.
16. Russian Civil War 1918-20 US-supported allies pantsed.
17. Somalia 1992-93 Simply made it worse.
18. Vietnam War 1961-73 Done like a dinner. Lots of meaningless death and war crimes.
19. Yemeni Civil War 2015-present Millions of starving people and caused no good.
20. Afghanistan 2001-21 Useful stabilisation first. Made 2020 pact with Islamofascist Taleban – led to fast and total unravelling. Over half a million locals dead. Tyranny installed.

Analysis of why they do it.