Just How Many Countries Are Being Bombed by the USA Now? [A troll came by my political Page on FaceBook today.
He was rather in-my-face about his jingoism, and in total denial that our interventions do much more harm than good. He challenged me on several issues. The one I took up had to do with drone warfare and carpet bombing in several African/ Middle Eastern countries.] Countries attacked by bombing, sabotage or attempted government overthrow since World War Two. How many countries is the USA at war with, or occupying post-war? ___ Political Map of North Africa, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula Let’s start at the west coast of Africa and work East: Morocco THREATS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY: The potential for terrorist violence against U.S. interests and citizens remains high in Morocco. But apparently no active warfare. Western Sahara: Western Sahara has been ruled by Morocco since 1975 when, after Franco’s death, the Spanish left and allowed Morocco and Mauritania to enter.
Resistance warfare, but not directly aimed at the USA. The U.S. 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist. Sure, the gear may look like it came straight out of Avatar or Battlestar Galactica.
But all of the laser weapons, robots, sonic blasters and puke rays pictured here are real. Some of these weapons have already found their way onto the battlefield. If the rest of this sci-fi arsenal follows, war may soon be unrecognizable. Read on for a look at some of these futuristic weapons being tested today. Above: The XM-25 grenade launcher is equipped with a laser rangefinder and on-board computer. In August, a lucky soldier got to pull the trigger, and fire off a HEAB, or High Explosive Air Burst, round at the Aberdeen Testing Ground in Maryland. Photo courtesy U.S. The REAL Reason for the Mass Shooting Epidemic in America. Why do we keep seeing so many mass shootings in the United States over the past several years?
Do people really genuinely want the answer? I get the impression that they don't. Perhaps that's because the real answer leads us into territory that is not very politically correct, and not very comfortable to look at, so people prefer to look elsewhere. Most Americans seem to be looking for a convenient answer, one that matches their politics and doesn't put them in a position where they might have to question their own part in the problem. This tendency to avoid reality and look for a quick fix instead is actually the beginning of the problem. Over the past 20 years the use of antidepressant medication has skyrocketed. Why is it that are more and more people are driven to taking these medications in the first place? Maybe, just maybe, more and more kids are falling into depression and then lashing out at society because people aren't raising their kids. 400% Rise in antidepressant use: 'Tipping Point': Obama Lawyer Talks About Ending 'Endless' US War.
If a global war declared by the world's sole military and economic superpower against a shadowy, fragmented, franchisable, and loosely-grouped band of erstwhile 'dangerous' but also 'ravaged' and 'largely dismantled' terror group was over, how would you know it?
US defense department general counsel, Jeh Johnson, says responsibility for tackling al-Qaida should pass to the police and other law enforcement agencies when the 'tipping point' in pursuit of group is reached. (Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images) You wouldn't, of course, which is the reason that few ask and almost none, especially members of the US government or military, talk about anything that resembles the "official" end of what has long become known as the "global war on terrorism," or GWOT. In his presentation at Oxford, Johnson asked, "Now that efforts by the U.S. military against al Qaeda are in their 12th year, we must also ask ourselves: how will this conflict end? " As Reuters reports: You Can't Say That: Why the Best Solutions Are So Often 'Off The Table'
Some political reforms make so much common sense they have to be banned from polite conversation.
A Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle in Afghanistan. "If we had given $59,444 to each family in Afghanistan, or provided, say, a new pick-up truck and a free college education for one of their daughters, we would not now be bogged down in a war that all agree cannot be won," writes Zimmerman. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) says the U.S. spent $738 billion (in 2011 dollars) fighting the war in Vietnam. The World Bank estimates that when the war began in 1964 the population of Vietnam was 38 million. Assuming five per family, simple arithmetic reveals that instead of waging a ten-year war that killed two million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans, we could have given each of those families $97,105. This startling fact begs the question about our policy in Afghanistan. The defense budget isn't just for defense.