My Blogs
|
The Perpetual State of WarAugust 21, 2005The United States appears to be headed for dark times. The dogs of war have been unleashed once again as the world stands on the edge of World War III. It seems that the United States cannot exist without being in a perpetual state of war. Ofcourse, this can be said of nearly all humanity in general; we are violent creatures with a blood lust that courses deep in our minds. The United States in particular was born out of war and so it seems will die in war. Every 20 years our country has had some sort of major military conflict starting with the Pequot War(1637) to the current war in Iraq.Perhaps it is best to list the wars the United States has engaged in since even before its founding in order to drive home the point even more. From: http://www.usahistory.com/frames.htmPequot War (1637) Iroquois War (1642-1653) King Philip's War (1675-1676) King William's War a.k.a. The French and Indian Wars (#1) (1689-1697) Queen Anne's War a.k.a. War of the Spanish Succession a.k.a. The French and Indian Wars (#2) (1702) Tuscarora Indian War (1711-1713) Dummer's War a.k.a. Lovewell's War (1721-1725) War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1742) King George's War a.k.a. War of the Austrian Succession a.k.a. French and Indian Wars (#3) (1744-1748) French and Indian War (#4) a.k.a. Seven Years' War (1754-1763, although some say 1756-1763) American Revolution (1763-1789) Whiskey Rebellion (1794) Tripolitan War (1801-1805) War of 1812 (1812-1814) Creek Indian War (1813-1814) War against Algeria (1815) First Seminole War (1817-1818) Black Hawk War (1832) Second Seminole War (1835-1842) The Alamo (1836) Battle of San Jacinto (1836) The Caroline Affair (1837-1842) Aroostock War (1838-1839) Antirent War a.k.a. Helderberg War (1839-1846) the Creole incident (1841-1842) Dorr's Rebellion (1842) Catholic riots in Philadelphia (1844) War with Mexico a.k.a Mexican-American War (1846-1848) Wakarusa War (1855, 1856) Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857) The Civil War (1861-1865) Irish riot of 1871 (1871) Battle of Little Big Horn (1876) Anti-Chinese Riots (1877) Nez Perce war (1877) Controversey of 1889 (1889) Sitting Bull (1890) mob in Valparaiso (1891) miners riot (1894) The Spanish American War (1898) Philippine-American War (1899) war with China (1900) World War 1 (1917-1918) World War 2 (1941-1945) Korean War (1950-1953) Vietnam War (1961-1973) Persian Gulf War (1991) World War 3 This list of wars is incomplete, since this area is still under construction. For further reading... Do you see a pattern here? I sure do and it does not bode well for our future. The main problem seems to lie with the fact that we depend on wars to boost our economy. Will we ever be able to successfully transition into a peacetime economy? Time will tell… |
