Slate: Fifteen Years After the Start of the Iraq War, the U.S. Is at War in at Least Seven Countries
Fifteen years ago today, George W. Bush announced the beginning of the Iraq war. Two U.S. presidents, thousands of lives lost, a withdrawal and a reengagement later, American troops are still on the ground—and dying—in Iraq. There are no plans for withdrawal, even though the most recent foe there—ISIS—has been almost entirely defeated.
The conflict in Iraq is just one facet of an ever-expanding and seemingly endless U.S. military campaign across the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Last week, the White House, as required by a new provision in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, issued a report to Congress on all the countries where ongoing U.S. military operations are taking place. According to the unclassified portion of the report, America is currently at war in seven countries:
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WNU Editor: The seven countries are Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. Yemen, Somalia, Niger, and Libya. In smaller conflicts .... like the Philippines and drone strikes against targets in Pakistan .... the U.S. is there but their impact is minimal.
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Well maybe at least 8 countries including America at war with itself.
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Of course the term is at war is a bit of a misnomer somewhat.Only in Irak,Syria and Afghanistan are US forces sustaining casualties on a more or less regular basis meaning yearly.In other countries the US only sustains losses on occassion or the intervention is primarily carried out with drone strikes.That's the thing these 'wars' are fought at this point with either special forces or air strikes.And losses are very small fewer than 40 killed overall per year since 2015 and this includes accidents.So their practical impact at home is limited.This isn't Vietnam or even the height of US involvement in Irak/Afghanistan when losses were sustained on a daily basis.
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