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RKP5637

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16. Yeah, it feels like the 60's again, we will have to take to the streets. This guy

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 10:08 PM

Dec 2016

and his cohorts/regime are far worst IMO than we had to deal with back then. My hope is public opinion will turn very badly against him as more finally realize what an ass they voted into the WH.

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When was the last time the US "won" a war? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 OP

Going out on a limb and say WWII. dhol82 Dec 2016 #1

True discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #4

And a profitable clusterfuck for the MIC! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #11

Totally! dhol82 Dec 2016 #13

Yeah, it feels like the 60's again, we will have to take to the streets. This guy RKP5637 Dec 2016 #16

I just worry that with the republicans controlling all three branches we are truly fucked. dhol82 Dec 2016 #20

The avenues to get the government back under control are closing. We've not lived through RKP5637 Dec 2016 #36

First Gulf War. Problem for some was not nearly enough blood Hortensis Dec 2016 #33

Grenada 1983? n/t malaise Dec 2016 #2

Yes, but we didn't start that one... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #5

We were lucky HassleCat Dec 2016 #51

You would first need to define a "war". ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #3

Obviously the bigger the conflict, the more of a war it is. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #9

WW-II liberal N proud Dec 2016 #6

But now... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #34

Fear used as a tool to build support for expansion of a military industrial complex liberal N proud Dec 2016 #38

Intelligence agencies should be limited to providing intelligence... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #40

WWII benld74 Dec 2016 #7

WWII. muntrv Dec 2016 #8

There are huge MIC profits with these endless wars, and then all of the people employed RKP5637 Dec 2016 #10

It's grown far beyond the MIC discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #35

The War on Intelligence?? Bleacher Creature Dec 2016 #12

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #37

I would have to argue as far as "Winning" Russia contributed more to doc03 Dec 2016 #14

Well, We Would Disagree, Doc ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author doc03 Dec 2016 #46

Would we have 'won' the war if Germany had conquered England and Russia? dhol82 Dec 2016 #52

Safe to say, WWII was a group (Allied, you might say) effort. cemaphonic Dec 2016 #57

We never invaded Normandy unitl June 6th 1944 10 months before Germany surenderd. The USSR had lost doc03 Dec 2016 #60

The RW still claims we won Vietnam except for the media costing us victory BSdetect Dec 2016 #15

It is all about the definition of "win". ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #24

"We were winning when I left." pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #32

"Sounds like a personal problem to me" discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #39

So does Howard Zinn. Bucky Dec 2016 #55

Define win sarisataka Dec 2016 #17

Without a specific aim should we be fighting at all? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #41

A war without an aim sarisataka Dec 2016 #61

Persian Gulf BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #18

First Gulf War Skinner Dec 2016 #19

We sided with our allies against Saddam discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #42

Your question was when was the last time the US won a war. Skinner Dec 2016 #43

Agreed, the primary objective was achieved discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #47

WWII onecaliberal Dec 2016 #21

My brothers x girlfriend MFM008 Dec 2016 #22

Greneda n/t jaysunb Dec 2016 #23

Another vote for the Gulf War 1991. ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #25

I'll agree we didn't lose other than lives and money discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #63

Is that not the normal definition of "win"? ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #64

Sure, I'm just not impressed by a "win" which included deaths... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #67

There is no doubt that many things were mishandled, ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #68

We've won several. It's winning the following Peace we suck at. Ready4Change Dec 2016 #26

IMHO, it's not starting them we really suck at. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #50

Winning a war Lotusflower70 Dec 2016 #27

War on drugs isn't even a 'war' discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #49

I agree Lotusflower70 Dec 2016 #59

The last time we won a war... Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #28

Thank Dawg someone finally mentioned the actual Constitutional declaration of war. Efilroft Sul Dec 2016 #66

Congress did finally designate Vietnam as a 'limited conventional' war discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #69

WW2 workinclasszero Dec 2016 #29

November 8,2016 Rincewind Dec 2016 #30

damn you Bucky Dec 2016 #54

Never. Are_grits_groceries Dec 2016 #31

That's a rather valid way to look at it discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #48

Viewed on entirely its own, I'd say the Gulf War. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #44

Clinton won the Kosovo campaign pretty decisively. Didn't lose a single troop. Bucky Dec 2016 #53

By the traditional definition, we won the Iraq War handily. cemaphonic Dec 2016 #56

Good point. krispos42 Dec 2016 #65

We won the Civil War. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #58

The "we" you refer to evolved from those who fought... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #62