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The US did not "win" the Korean war, it was ended with an armistice, technically it has still not ended,....and it was a United Nations action.
After Uncle Ho assisted the allies in the fight against Japan and was then betrayed when the British and US allowed the French back in. The US did not have to enter the Vietnam conflict, it started off with "advisors" and escalated and eventually withdrew after achieving nothing.
I admit the first Iraq war to liberate Kuwait was justified, although, until then Saddam Hussain had been backed and supplied by the US (in the war with Iran) until then. There was no justification for the second Iraq war as there was no evidence of WMDs and no Iraqis took part in 9/11, US forces are still there after 18 years.....after achieving nothing.
Same goes for Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya.
There is no need to go into more detail, all the information is easily available online or at the library.
The Dutch military did find a stockpile of artillery shells loaded with nerve agents in Northern Iraq that had been prepped but quickly "stashed".I don't want to be political, only factual. when I point out there were WMD in Iraq before the invasion. When I reported to the USAF in 1959 WMD was defined as CBR. Chemical, Biological, and Radiological. I knew this before my mil service. The definition was re-titled by some whiz kid along the way to present day to: NBC, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical. The question: Did Iraq have Chemical weapons? Yes. Gas was used in the war with Iran and on their own citizens, the Kurds. If one paid attention to the news, new unused, stainless steel labs installed on trucks were shown at artillery sites. The reason: Serien gas has a shelf life of around six hours, so it must be mixed, loaded into the shells and fired soon to be effective. The TV quit showing these unused mobile labs when it was released they were German trucks (irony). Remember the preparations in Israel with gas masks. Yes again. Anthrax was found in the bunkers and was burned with other munitions to destroy it. Remember the troops who were sick later in the states who were near the fires. Nuclear, Radiological: certainty unproved but when the invasion began a large number of trucks exited Iraq to Syria with no customs controls. In just a few years after the war, Israel bombs a nuclear facility in Syria. As I recall, the Syrians didn't protest, the Russians said nothing, the announcement came from Israel. So there were at least two legs of WMD in Iraq.
It started almost all of them and was very keen to get involved and was very keen to get involved.Right. So the US didn't start several of the wars you claim it started.
I don't want to be political, only factual. when I point out there were WMD in Iraq before the invasion. When I reported to the USAF in 1959 WMD was defined as CBR. Chemical, Biological, and Radiological. I knew this before my mil service. The definition was re-titled by some whiz kid along the way to present day to: NBC, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical. The question: Did Iraq have Chemical weapons? Yes. Gas was used in the war with Iran and on their own citizens, the Kurds. If one paid attention to the news, new unused, stainless steel labs installed on trucks were shown at artillery sites. The reason: Serien gas has a shelf life of around six hours, so it must be mixed, loaded into the shells and fired soon to be effective. The TV quit showing these unused mobile labs when it was released they were German trucks (irony). Remember the preparations in Israel with gas masks. Yes again. Anthrax was found in the bunkers and was burned with other munitions to destroy it. Remember the troops who were sick later in the states who were near the fires. Nuclear, Radiological: certainty unproved but when the invasion began a large number of trucks exited Iraq to Syria with no customs controls. In just a few years after the war, Israel bombs a nuclear facility in Syria. As I recall, the Syrians didn't protest, the Russians said nothing, the announcement came from Israel. So there were at least two legs of WMD in Iraq.
It started almost all of them and was very keen to get involved and was very keen to get involved.
You have zero clues about Korea - after Japan surrendered, Korea was divided in two zones at the 38th parallel.It started almost all of them and was very keen to get involved and was very keen to get involved.
You have zero clues about Korea - after Japan surrendered, Korea was divided in two zones at the 38th parallel.
The northern zone was under Soviet direction, the southern under U.S. direction.
In 1948, the southern half was declared a sovereign state: the Republic of Korea.
The north claimed the south was "stolen property" and invaded in June 1950.
The UN, not the US, formed the United Nations Command to repel the North Korean invasion.
This involved 22 nations under UN authority, which the U.S. was one of.
So again, No - the U.S. did not start the Korean war.
So where does this ^ fit in with this v then?I already pointed out it was a UN operation.
It started almost all of them and was very keen to get involved and was very keen to get involved.
Oops...just saw this.Folks - let's stop the politics! Thank you!
You're good!Oops...just saw this.
Not trying to be political, hope it didn't come across that way.
The word "almost" seems to cover it.So where does this ^ fit in with this v then?
"Almost" only applies to Horseshoes, hand-grenades and nuclear warfare.The word "almost" seems to cover it.
The US did not have to get involved with the war in Vietnam, the French had given up. I agree with the first Iraq war to liberate Kuwait as I already mentioned. There was no reason to go back a time and no reason to invade Afghanistan and Syria and destabilise Libya, not of these wars (Afghanistan Libya Syria and Iraq) could be classed as "won" and none of the countries can be said to be in a better condition now than before the US got involved."Almost all"? You might want to check your math again. We didn't start Korea, Vietnam, first Iraq, second Iraq, (arguably) Afghanistan, Libya, or Syria.
ENOUGH!The US did not have to get involved with the war in Vietnam, the French had given up. I agree with the first Iraq war to liberate Kuwait as I already mentioned. There was no reason to go back a time and no reason to invade Afghanistan and Syria and destabilise Libya, not of these wars (Afghanistan Libya Syria and Iraq) could be classed as "won" and none of the countries can be said to be in a better condition now than before the US got involved.
The bomb-bays were located between the engine inlet ducts. They translated aft prior to weapons release.The both XB-70's did have bomb bays, though they were both filled with test equipment. The bomb bay door slid forward or aft, I can't remember.
ICBM facilities have their own power systems and are faraday-caged to withstand EMP's (after all, they are designed to work in nuclear war).misslles do no good if the grid is down and you cant lauch them
That is a good point, actually.There was an interview of a Minuteman III crew and, when the issue of the primitive technology came up the crew-commander actually pointed out they had security through antiquity (something that does show a degree of intelligence).