Well, we kind of knew it, but it’s good (if frightening) to have the statistics to support that gut feeling. Thanks to Sojourner for the post:
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I have posted articles stating this sad, but true, fact before. But since the U.S. Corporation continues to make its living by waging war, continually, on the disenfranchised peoples of this world, I thought I would share it again.
Without war, the U.S. Corporation would cease to exist:
AMERICA HAS BEEN AT WAR 93% OF THE TIME – 222 OUT OF 239 YEARS – SINCE 1776
The U.S. Has Only Been At Peace For 21 Years Total Since Its Birth
In 2011, Danios wrote:
Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America’s wars, which reveals something quite interesting: since the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of existence. In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.
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I can’t really remember a time when the US wasn’t at war. A short stint after Vietnam is all I could come up with. Thanks for posting, greetz.
Yes, I didn’t do the research. We suspected the figures were bad – but not that bad!
Agreed, it’s worse than I expected; and I lived in the US for many years before returning to the Netherlands.