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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSerious question - on our planet how many ongoing wars involve the United States?
Thanks in advance.
It is not peace that the US seeks it is dominance. My way or the highway.
Just keeping things real.
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)Dates War in Which American Colonists or
United States Citizens Officially Participated Major Combatants
July 4, 1675
August 12, 1676 King Philip's War New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians
16891697 King William's War The English Colonies vs. France
17021713 Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession) The English Colonies vs. France
17441748 King George's War (War of Austrian Succession) The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
17561763 French and Indian War(Seven Years War) The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
17591761 Cherokee War English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians
17751783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain
17981800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France
18011805; 1815 Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
18121815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain
18131814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians
1836 War of Texas Independence Texas vs. Mexico
18461848 Mexican-American War United States vs. Mexico
18611865 U.S. Civil War Union vs. Confederacy
1898 Spanish-American War United States vs. Spain
19141918 World War I
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
1939-1945 World War II Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan vs. Major Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia
19501953 Korean War United States (as part of the United Nations) and South Korea vs. North Korea and Communist China
19601975 Vietnam War United States and South Vietnam vs. North Vietnam
1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion United States vs. Cuba
1983 Grenada United States Intervention
1989 US Invasion of Panama United States vs. Panama
19901991 Persian Gulf War United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq
19951996 Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia
2001present Invasion of Afghanistan United States and Coalition Forces vs. the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism.
20032011 Invasion of Iraq
United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq
2004present War in Northwest Pakistan United States vs. Pakstan, mainly drone attacks
2007present Somalia and Northeastern Kenya United States and Coalition forces vs. al-Shabaab militants
20092016 Operation Ocean Shield (Indian Ocean) NATO allies vs. Somali pirates
2011 Intervention in Libya US and NATO allies vs. Libya
20112017 Lord's Resistance Army US and allies against the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda
20142017 US-led Intervention in Iraq US and coalition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
2014present US-led intervention in Syria US and coalition forces against al-Qaeda, Isis, and Syria
2015present Yemeni Civil War Saudi-led coalition and US, France and Kingdom against the Houthi rebels, Supreme Political Council in Yemen and allies
2015present US intervention in Libya US and Libya against ISIS
https://www.thoughtco.com/american-involvement-wars-colonial-times-present-4059761