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kristopher

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39. How much of your life have we been at war?

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 07:01 PM

Dec 2015

For me it's 41.7%

Also, if you want to see a timeline of all the wars since 1675, go here:
http://americanhistory.about.com/library/timelines/bltimelineuswars.htm

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No wonder so many of us are sick of this shit [View all] Scuba Dec 2015 OP

Eisenhower was correct. Funtatlaguy Dec 2015 #1

You mean, West Point graduate Eisenhower who spent his life in the military, a good chunk of it merrily Dec 2015 #5

The military-industrial complex only really became powerful around 1958 starroute Dec 2015 #16

Do you have any links to support any of what you are saying? Samuel Bush was a figure during World merrily Dec 2015 #20

I have seen some of the old documentaries years ago where GM had to stop LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #29

OK, no links. Also, I am not connecting anything in your post to no MIC until 1958. merrily Dec 2015 #34

Whatever LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #35

I think you're both right. hedda_foil Dec 2015 #42

How, if at all, does what you posted relate specifically to the year 1958? merrily Dec 2015 #64

There have been profiteers in every war, aye. malthaussen Dec 2015 #65

He was warning people with no power about something about which he, as President, had done nothing. merrily Dec 2015 #68

Venerate him or not as you please... malthaussen Dec 2015 #69

Understanding the post to which you are replying is also important. merrily Dec 2015 #70

Rosie the Riveter... liam_laddie Dec 2015 #58

Eisenhower got us out of one war and kept us out of any others. former9thward Dec 2015 #40

I remember my dad being gone for a year in the fifties mountain grammy Dec 2015 #45

My dad's best friend from high school spent 3 years from 1949-1952 in South America. Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #53

Eisenhower took over in 1953... former9thward Dec 2015 #61

Eisenhower supported the CIA, he gave the go ahead for the Bay of Pigs invasion. Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #62

The Bay of Pigs was planned by the CIA during the last months of the Eisenhower adminstration. former9thward Dec 2015 #74

After consulting with Eisenhower. Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #76

Really? former9thward Dec 2015 #60

Oh pardon me.. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #72

He is no saint to me. former9thward Dec 2015 #73

Absolutely not! mountain grammy Dec 2015 #75

You left out nuclear weapons/nuclear power. kristopher Dec 2015 #37

I hadn't realized the major nuclear buildup only stated in the late 50s starroute Dec 2015 #38

this is the same ike who authorized one last U-2 flight over the Soviet Union Javaman Dec 2015 #48

It's strange to me they don't include the CIA with the MIC when discussing war. Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #54

allen dulles was an evil paranoid bastard Javaman Dec 2015 #55

The sheer ignorance.... Hekate Dec 2015 #59

A post whose only possible purpose is to insult a DUer seems like sheer ignorance to me. merrily Dec 2015 #66

oh yeah Hekate Dec 2015 #67

Just read my signature...Eisenhower was/is correct...!!!! Stuart G Dec 2015 #32

War will never go away: Its part of the human condition: Mankind has never been w/out lewebley3 Dec 2015 #51

The longest peacetime expansion in American history was when a Clinton was in office. onehandle Dec 2015 #2

As long as you consider bombing other countries "peacetime". (nt) jeff47 Dec 2015 #3

It's as though we're addicted, isn't it? This is your brain on war: merrily Dec 2015 #11

How much of your life have we been at war? kristopher Dec 2015 #39

Ever since I was born! Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #52

Sowing the seeds for the economic collapse of 2008, with merrily Dec 2015 #6

Somalia, Sudan, Bosnia, and Iraq might disagree with you there. n/t Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #7

You missed adding the sarc tag. What you typed is hilarious yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #13

+1 daleanime Dec 2015 #19

When you want to tout something it was "a Clinton." When its a bad mark, it's sexist morningfog Dec 2015 #25

Not all Clintons!!!! Iggo Dec 2015 #41

It may have occurred during Clinton, but started and purchased under Reagan. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #31

Bombing the living shit out of Milosevic is "peace"? Major Hogwash Dec 2015 #56

K and R (nt) bigwillq Dec 2015 #4

Good luck finding a time where the wasn't a war of some kind going on Lurks Often Dec 2015 #8

Yet some countries manage to avoid being at war. Scuba Dec 2015 #10

Only the unimportant and useless ones Lurks Often Dec 2015 #12

At least once.... daleanime Dec 2015 #22

War mongers big and small snort Dec 2015 #27

A war going on somewhere in the world is very different from what the OP is saying. merrily Dec 2015 #21

Yeah, kind of important. Hissyspit Dec 2015 #43

Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia. KamaAina Dec 2015 #9

FWIW, a few European countries can easily make a similar claim... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #14

The United States is a country that was founded on violence and the enslavement of people. jalan48 Dec 2015 #15

I would be interested to see a list of the 17 years we were not at war. tclambert Dec 2015 #17

War. It's the American Way. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #18

Maybe we should amend the Constitution and have Congress declare when we are not at war. kairos12 Dec 2015 #23

The world has only experienced about the same percentage in the past 3,400 years. Glassunion Dec 2015 #24

''A Cross of Iron'' or ''Theft in the name of National Security.'' Octafish Dec 2015 #26

Imperialist plutocrats know no boundaries, what's anyone else's is theirs they believe. They have Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #28

k and r Ivan Kaputski Dec 2015 #30

We should have wars: chknltl Dec 2015 #33

We should stop calling things wars that are not wars. That's how we got War on Terror. merrily Dec 2015 #36

Nowadays, Most U.S. Wars are Unnecessary gordyfl Dec 2015 #44

Perfect..war through the ages, same old shit. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #46

Duck vs Rabbit Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #47

Dogs Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #49

Religion...and...land. SoapBox Dec 2015 #50

"They" must really hate us for our freedom! Martin Eden Dec 2015 #57

Hail, Hail, Freedonia! Land of the Brave and Free! Ford_Prefect Dec 2015 #71

Ouch. jwirr Dec 2015 #63