1946      Iran      Troops deployed in northern province.
1946-1949      China      Major US army presence of about 100,000 troops, fighting, training and advising local combatants.
1947-1949      Greece      US forces wage a 3-year counterinsurgency campaign.
1948      Italy      Heavy CIA involvement in national elections.
1948-1954      Philippines      Commando operations, "secret" CIA war.
1950-1953      Korea      Major forces engaged in war in Korean peninsula.
1953      Iran      CIA overthrows government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. Read More
1954      Vietnam      Financial and materiel support for colonial French military operations, leads eventually to direct US military involvement.
1954      Guatemala      CIA overthrows the government of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
1958      Lebanon      US marines and army units totaling 14,000 land.
1958      Panama      Clashes between US forces in Canal Zone and local citizens.
1959      Haiti      Marines land.
1960      Congo      CIA-backed overthrow and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
1960-1964      Vietnam      Gradual introduction of military advisors and special forces.
1961      Cuba      CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.
1962      Cuba      Nuclear threat and naval blockade.
1962      Laos      CIA-backed military coup.
1963      Ecuador      CIA backs military overthrow of President Jose Maria Valesco Ibarra.
1964      Panama      Clashes between US forces in Canal Zone and local citizens.
1964      Brazil      CIA-backed military coup overthrows the government of Joao Goulart and Gen. Castello Branco takes power. Read More
1965-1975      Vietnam      Large commitment of military forces, including air, naval and ground units numbering up to 500,000+ troops. Full-scale war, lasting for ten years.
1965      Indonesia      CIA-backed army coup overthrows President Sukarno and brings Gen. Suharto to power.
1965      Congo      CIA backed military coup overthrows President Joseph Kasavubu and brings Joseph Mobutu to power.
1965      Dominican Republic      23,000 troops land.
1965-1973      Laos      Bombing campaign begin, lasting eight years.
1966      Ghana      CIA-backed military coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah.
1966-1967      Guatemala      Extensive counter-insurgency operation.
1969-1975      Cambodia      CIA supports military coup against Prince Sihanouk, bringing Lon Nol to power. Intensive bombing for seven years along border with Vietnam.
1970      Oman      Counter-insurgency operation, including coordination with Iranian marine invasion.
1971-1973      Laos      Invasion by US and South Vietnames forces.
1973      Chile      CIA-backed military coup ousts government of President Salvador Allende. Gen. Augusto Pinochet comes to power.
1975      Cambodia      Marines land, engage in combat with government forces.
1976-1992      Angola      Military and CIA operations.
1980      Iran      Special operations units land in Iranian desert. Helicopter malfunction leads to aborting of planned raid.
1981      Libya      Naval jets shoot down two Libyan jets in maneuvers over the Mediterranean.
1981-1992      El Salvador      CIA and special forces begin a long counterinsurgency campaign.
1981-1990      Nicaragua      CIA directs exile "Contra" operations. US air units drop sea mines in harbors.
1982-1984      Lebanon      Marines land and naval forces fire on local combatants.
1983      Grenada      Military forces invade Grenada.
1983-1989      Honduras      Large program of military assistance aimed at conflict in Nicaragua.
1984      Iran      Two Iranian jets shot down over the Persian Gulf.
1986      Libya      US aircraft bomb the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, including direct strikes at the official residence of President Muamar al Qadaffi.
1986      Bolivia      Special Forces units engage in counter-insurgency.
1987-1988      Iran      Naval forces block Iranian shipping. Civilian airliner shot down by missile cruiser.
1989      Libya      Naval aircraft shoot down two Libyan jets over Gulf of Sidra.
1989      Philippines      CIA and Special Forces involved in counterinsurgency.
1989-1990      Panama      27,000 troops as well as naval and air power used to overthrow government of President Noriega.
1990      Liberia      Troops deployed.
1990-1991      Iraq      Major military operation, including naval blockade, air strikes; large number of troops attack Iraqi forces in occupied Kuwait.
1991-2003      Iraq      Control of Iraqi airspace in north and south of the country with periodic attacks on air and ground targets.
1991      Haiti      CIA-backed military coup ousts President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
1992-1994      Somalia      Special operations forces intervene.
1992-1994      Yugoslavia      Major role in NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
1993-1995      Bosnia      Active military involvement with air and ground forces.
1994-1996      Haiti      Troops depose military rulers and restore President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office.
1995      Croatia      Krajina Serb airfields attacked.
1996-1997      Zaire (Congo)      Marines involved in operations in eastern region of the country.
1997      Liberia      Troops deployed.
1998      Sudan      Air strikes destroy country's major pharmaceutical plant.
1998      Afghanistan      Attack on targets in the country.
1998      Iraq      Four days of intensive air and missile strikes.
1999      Yugoslavia      Major involvement in NATO air strikes.
2001      Macedonia      NATO troops shift and partially disarm Albanian rebels.
2001      Afghanistan      Air attacks and ground operations oust Taliban government and install a new regime.
2003      Iraq      Invasion with large ground, air and naval forces ousts government of Saddam Hussein and establishes new government.
2003-present      Iraq      Occupation force of 150,000 troops in protracted counter-insurgency war
2004      Haiti      Marines land. CIA-backed forces overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.       

   The first theme is Washington’s inability to comprehend the complexity of the countries it invades, and their regions. In each instance, Washington failed to recognise the possibility of it being trapped by national and international adversaries with a vested interest in humiliating it.         

Trump will succeed in Iran.
Unlike Putin has in Ukraine.

It will be bye bye Putin then.
Two birds, one stone.

This far Putin is winner and the losers are WOKE idiots.

tallowood wrote on Mar 17^th, 2026 at 11:01pm:



It's 2026, you moron. The only people who use the term "woke" anymore are chronically unemployed MAGA sycophants blaming everybody else for their own lazy conditions and poor quality of life.



Does ANYBODY on this forum actually have a job?