When and where will America fight its next war?

Somewhere in Africa, or Afghanistan v2.0. I don't see any new political structure lasting long in Afghanistan.

We're not at war now, haven't been since WWII, nothing but minor conflicts since then.

The reality of it is that America will ALWAYS be at war. A new one will start as soon as an old one ends. How else do you justify a trillion dollar defense budget. That kind of money will buy you some serious lobbying capacity and it is not going to let itself whither away.

If only we had listened to Dwight Eisenhower. Or even George Washington.

Oh well. We will be a military superpower until the day we become a complete economic basket case. Then we'll be Great Britain II.

Iran after they nuke someone.

"Police action" in Somalia

Heres the unfortunate truth wrote:

The reality of it is that America will ALWAYS be at war. A new one will start as soon as an old one ends. How else do you justify a trillion dollar defense budget.

America will always be at conflict, even if we disbanded our military then we'd still be fighting a bloody insurgency by Mexican gangs (etc.), but it has been a long time since a war.

When we go to war directly against Russia and/or China then THAT will be a war.

It will be a civil war. The tea party insurgents against the federal government.

Conundrum wrote:

It will be a civil war. The tea party insurgents against the federal government.

Right now it looks more like tea party insurgents against the Republican Party.

Are you ready to enlist ? for the next war ? Or will you let skinny little white girls fight your fight like John Boehner, Bruce Willis, Mitt Romney, Tom Hanks, Joe Biden, John Voight, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama, Toby Keith, W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, John Wayne, Fred Thompson, etc. did.

Very true but after the next election, the Republicans might be the Federal government.

Coach D wrote:

Conundrum wrote:

It will be a civil war. The tea party insurgents against the federal government.

Right now it looks more like tea party insurgents against the Republican Party.

Or will you let skinny little white girls fight

Hell yeah, I'd pay to watch skinny white girls fight. Ideally in bikinis, in a big vat of Jello.

That's what Obama the Chicken Hawk Coward says.

Will be a three way war between America, China and India for world supremacy.

Will be a three way war between America, China and India for world supremacy.

In Iron Chef format, one hopes.

Venezuela

civil war is not out of the question given the current course and speed

The important question is whether our troops will have access to 666 Energy in the field.

oiskdjhhd wrote:

America will always be at conflict, even if we disbanded our military then we'd still be fighting a bloody insurgency by Mexican gangs (etc.), but it has been a long time since a war.

When we go to war directly against Russia and/or China then THAT will be a war.

Generally in agreement with you.

For instance, the Iraq "war" was in fact a war for perhaps a few weeks. A grossly uneven war, but a war nonetheless. Since those first few weeks and the fall of the Iraqi armed forces and government, there has been an Iraq occupation. To call what has been going on and (hopefully) winding down a war is absurd.

That said, the US will always be in a conflict - driven in large part not by national interests but by very, VERY well financed private military industrial complex interests.

Are you ready to enlist ? wrote:

Are you ready to enlist ? for the next war ? Or will you let skinny little white girls fight your fight like John Boehner, Bruce Willis, Mitt Romney, Tom Hanks, Joe Biden, John Voight, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama, Toby Keith, W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, John Wayne, Fred Thompson, etc. did.

Please. Barack Obama was 14 when the Vietnam War ended. I mean, I guess he could have served in the Persian Gulf War, but by then he was already a lawyer and professor, and 29 is pretty darn old for starting a military career. Agreed on most of the rest, though.