I have stated before that the
normal condition for the United
States is war and that the intervals between
are used to produce new and better weapons and to grow a new crop of cannon
fodder.
Let’s look at a list of the
major wars the United States has fought: this is by no means a complete list as
there are perhaps a hundred skirmishes with nations large and small all over
the world that don’t amount to a war; supplying war technology and training to
numerous third world nations; and memberships in coalitions that don’t count as
wars.
1. American Revolution 1774-1783
2. Barbary Coast War 1785-1795
3. Franco – American War 1798-1800
4. War of 1812 1812-1815
5. Mexican American War 1846-1848
6. Civil War 1861-1865
7. Spanish American War 1898
8. Philippine – American War 1899-1902
9. World War One 1917-1918
10. World
War Two 1941-1945
11. Korean
War 1950-1953
12. Vietnam
War 1960-1975
13. Grenada 1983
14. Invasion
of Panama 1989
15. Persian
Gulf War 1990-1991
16. Invasion
of Afghanistan 2001
17. Invasion
of Iraq 2003-2011
Did I miss some? I
don’t doubt it.
In the early days, before the World Wars, we honed our war
skills with Indian campaigns. No wonder the Native Americans still hold a
grudge against the government and white men in particular.
1. King Philips War 1675-1676
Wampanoga, Narragansett and Nipumuck
against New England colonist.
2.
Numerous scrimmages with Indians throughout the colonies.
3. Cherokee War 1761
4.
Indians that sided with the British during the Revolutionary war (an
enemy of my enemy is my friend): 1784-1783
Iroquois, Cherokee, Shawnee,
Seminole, Ojibwa, Creek, Chickamauga, Meskwaki, Miami, Mingo, Kickapoo,
Lenape, Mascoutah, Potawatomi, Sauk, Wyandot, Choctaw.
5.
Tecumseh War 1811
Assisting the British in the War of
1812:
Shawnee, Red Stick, Ojibwa, Chickamauga,
Meskwaki, Iroquois, Miami,
Mingo, Odawa, Kickapoo, Lenape, Mascoutah, Potawatomi, Sauk, Wyandot.
6.
Creek War 1813
7.
First Seminole War 1817-1818
8.
Black Hawk War 1832
Ho-Chunk, Potawatomi
9.
Second Seminole War 1835-1842
10.
Pitt River Expedition 1850
Tolowa, Nomlaki, Chimariko, Wintun.
11.
Apache War 1849-1886
Apache, Ute, Yavapai
12.
Puget Sound War 1855-1856
Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Payullup,
Klickitat, Haida, Tlingit
13.
Rogue River Wars 1855-1856
Rogue River People
14.
Third Seminole War 1855-1858
Yakima War 1855-1858
15. Navajo War 1856-1858
16.
Paiute War 1860
Paiute, Bannock, Shoshone
17.
Dakota War 1862
Dakota Sioux
18.
Colorado
War 1863-1865
Cheyenne, Arapaho
19.
Snake War 1864-1868
Paiute, Bannock, Shoshone
20.
Powder River Expedition 1865
Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho
21.
Red Cloud War 1866-1868
Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho
22.
Comanche War 1867-1875
Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa
23.
Red River War 1874-1875
Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa
24.
Black Hills War (Little Big Horn.) 1876-1877
Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho
25.
Nez Perce War 1877
26.
Bannock War 1878
Bannock, Shoshone
27.
Cheyenne
War 1878-1879
28.
Sheepeater Indian War 1879
Shoshone
29.
White River War 1879
Ute
30.
Ghost Dance War 1890-1891
Sioux
By 1900 there is no one left to war in this country so we
turn our sights to other countries.
In this day and age we have bases and troops and Naval ships
scattered all over the world. If we are
not in a perpetual state of war we are in perpetual readiness – just waiting
for the next one.
the Ol’Buzzard
