Those Skirmishes You Don't Hear About

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So I was in one of my classes and our teacher directed us to this poll that showed percent of US adults that thought certain wars were "worth it". I think that most US adults thought that all the wars listed (Civil, WWI, WWII, Gulf I, the biggies) were "worth fighting".

The ones that they DIDN'T think were worth fighting were Nam, Korea, Bosnia, and the current Gulf War. However, I noticed that some "conficts" (maybe not actual wars) were missing and figured maybe we could talk about those since I don't know jack about them. Specifically:

Panama, Grenada, Chile, Mexican/American, and any others you might not hear about. Anybody got any thoughts? Or are these examples of just US troop involvement or "conflicts"?

-- I Like Pasta (pasta@yum.com), October 06, 2004

Answers

Well, what about Vietnam? Why isn't that up there. I do believe that that was never considered a war, but did you just forget to mention it?

-- U msut Feers Me (W.lovesblow@blank.com), October 06, 2004.

"The ones that they DIDN'T think were worth fighting were Nam,..."

Nam was one of the wars that US adults DIDN'T think were worth fighting along with Korea, Bosnia, and Gulf II. Really I just wanted to know more about Panama, Grenada, and those others. As in are they "wars" or just "conflicts" as far as the US was concerned. I think there were wars going on in Panama and Grenada when we sent troops in, but why don't we ever hear anything about them?

-- I LIke Pasta (ziti@alfredo.com), October 06, 2004.


Oops, misread that Pasta. Thought you hadn't mentioned Vietnam.

The reason we don't hear anything about Grenada and Panama is because what the government wants us to concentrate on is Iraq. 'Fuck them, they're old news. Clinton era shit.' If you read the fine print, you can usually find at least something about these countries. I don't think there have been any MAJOR conflicts in these nations too recently though.

-- U msut Feers Me (W.lovesblow@blank.com), October 06, 2004.


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