World War I started with the assassination of
the heir to the Austria Hungary throne by a Serbian citizen. Today, that would have brought the arrest and
prosecution of the murderer. But in 1914, it started World War I. Germany and
Austria Hungary had a mutual defense pact, so when Austria Hungary declared war
on Serbia, it entangled Germany.
Russia had a treaty with Serbia and France
had a treaty with Russia. Britton was allied to France. So the Russians, Brits and French were at war
with Germany and Austria Hungary. The US
was neutral when it started, but sold armaments to the Brits and the
French. The Germans sank our boats, so
we entered the war in 1917.
World War II
(The vendetta war)
World War II was made possible by the
draconian treaty that ended World War I.
We will never learn.
Germany invaded Poland in 1939. The UK and France declared war on
Germany. Like before in World War I, the
US provided arms to the UK and France. The US entered the war in 1941 with the
bombing of Pearl Harbor. It ended in
1945.
Cold War (The Ideological wars)
The Cold War was a series of proxy wars
between communists in China and the Soviet Union vs the US and Western Allies.
Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910. North and
South Korea were split in 1945. In 1950 Communist
North Korea invaded South Korea. The US
led a multi-country force and ended the invasion in 1953.
Viet Nam was originally invaded by France in
the 1850s and became part of Colonial French Indochina. Japan invaded and held Viet Nam in 1940. In 1945, Viet Nam was split in North and
South, like Korea. (not a good model to follow). Communist North Viet Nam invaded the South in
1954. The US began to aid South Viet Nam
in 1961. This turned into a war that lasted until 1975. The US withdrew and the North took over the
South. (Not good) Viet Nam is now united as a communist country.
The US tried to save countries in South
America and Africa from communism, but eventually failed and many of these
countries now find themselves under communist regimes.
The Muslim Wars
Iranian Hostage Taking
In 1979 the pro-western Iranian government
was overthrown by Iranian Muslims to establish an Islamic state. US hostages from our Embassy were kept for a
year before their release.
Iran Iraq War
In 1980, Iraq attacked Iran. The war resulted
in a stalemate and ended in 1988. The US provided weapons to Iraq.
The Falklands War
The Falklands Island, part of the UK were
invaded by communists from Argentina in 1982. The US aided the UK in recovering
the Falklands. It was short.
End of the Cold War
The Cold War between the USSR and the West
ended in 1989 with the break-up of the Soviet Union. It was bankrupt. Russia
allowed satellite states to become independent. It makes you wonder what we
will give up when the US is bankrupt.
Despite US efforts to save the world from
communism, most undeveloped nations have elected communist governments. And so did we… and how we need to get rid of
it.
The Middle East Wars
This series of wars were driven by attempted
oil and land grabs, and Muslim terrorists.
The Gulf War
The Gulf War in 1990 was a war to remove Iraq
from Kuwait. Iraq invaded Kuwait to seize their oil resources and were removed
by US led coalition forces within 5 months.
The Serbian War
Bosnia was absorbed by Yugoslavia after World
War I and was absorbed into the USSR.
Yugoslavia was given independence after 1989. Like most post-war mergers
it broke into Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia in 1992. Serbia wanted to annex Bosnia
and they resisted. The US sent troops to aid Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 and
defeated the Serbs.
The Afghan War
Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 commercial
airliners and crashed two of them into the Twin Towers in NY and one into the
Pentagon in Washington DC. The fourth
was taken over by passengers and crashed in Pennsylvania. The Afghan War 2001
to 2014 was a war to remove al-Qaeda terrorist training camps.
The Iraq War
The Iraq War began in 2003 when the US and
coalition forces invaded Iraq because they feared that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction. The Iraq government collapsed, but Al-Qaeda forces entered Iraq to
attack US forces. It ended in 2011.
The Arab Spring
It started with regime changes in 2010 in
Tunesia, then Lebanon, Egypt and Libya, followed by Syria and Yemen. Muslim
terrorists are also attacking Nigeria and its neighbors.
The Syrian War
Syria was attacked by rebels and terrorists
in 2012. ISIS terrorists also invaded Iraq.
Fighting continues through 2015.
Lessons Learned ?
Before defense alliances are made, the voters
need to know what it will cost them. Voters should also be able to vote on it
themselves. I bet there wouldn’t be many
treaties after that.
Would you trust a group like the US Senate to
declare war ? They haven’t even admitted that global warming was a hoax or
taken any steps to cut federal spending.
Wisdom is Required
We need some sage advice from the past, like…
‘If
you keep picking at it, it won’t heal.’ – Grandma..or..
“You can have a welfare state or open
borders, but you can’t have both” - Milton Friedman ….also….
“When dealing with third-world countries,
it’s good to take a lesson from our missionaries: A missionary traveled to a
third-world country to show the natives that he had a good heart. Upon deciding his heart was good, they ate
it.” -Koroai mission.
The US has been involved in one war or
another for most of the last 100 years from 1917 to 2015. Wars need to be funded. Central Banks have
provided the cash and the debts have piled up for citizens to pay, usually with
inflation. The cost of these wars along with poorly planned welfare and
government retirement plans have resulted most countries becoming insolvent.
Most governments are broke and in deep debt.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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