US Government Has Bombed A Different Country Roughly Every 3 Years Since 1963

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 8, 2009) A NATO sea sparrow missile is launched from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) to intercept a Tactical Air-Launched Decoy during surface-to-air defense training. George Washington is underway supporting security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Rachel N. Hatch/Released) (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

By JG Vibes

For decades the United States government and its allies have been creating a vast empire, but this is a fact that would never be admitted in public or in the media.  Most of these attacks have taken place under the guise of “humanitarian” military actions, but regardless, bombs were still dropped and innocent people were still killed.

A recent report shows that the US government has bombed a different nation at least once every 40 months since 1963.

The following list was compiled by Paul Waldman of the American Prospect:

• 1964 – 1975: Vietnam. You remember that one.
• 1965-1973: Cambodia. We dropped more bombs on the tiny country than had been used in all of World War II.
• 1965: Dominican Republic. President Johnson sent 22,000 troops to prevent communists from taking over.
• 1983: Grenada. In the comically named Operation Urgent Fury, we invaded the tiny island nation to stop the commies.
• 1986: Libya. After two Americans are among those killed in a terrorist bombing of a disco in Germany, President Reagan ordered the bombing of facilities controlled by Muammar Gaddafi.
• 1989: Panama. In Operation Just Cause, we invaded the country and deposed its leader, Manuel Noriega.
• 1991: Kuwait/Iraq. Operation Desert Storm.
• 1992-1995: Somalia. Operation Restore Hope. Didn’t end well.
• 1994: Haiti. President Clinton sent 20,000 troops to restore the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
• 1995: Bosnia. US and NATO forces intervene in the civil war with a large bombing campaign.
• 1999: Kosovo. We bomb the Serbians to help the Kosovars.
• 2001: Afghanistan. Still going!
• 2003: Iraq.
• 2011: Libya.
• 2013: Syria

In the string of military conflicts that the United States and NATO have been involved in since the second world war they have always attempted to maintain the high road by claiming that they were responding to some kind of threat, and apparently helping the people that they were bombing. This approach is largely accepted by the general public who is either too afraid or unable to suspect malicious intentions on the part of their masters. In helping themselves to rationalize the nonsensical things that are happening in their name many people are firm believers in the idea that their government is doing good “policing the world”.

The first step towards ridding our world of all this violence is seeing it for what it is and calling it what it is out loud. Using softer language to describe the horrors that are going on around us is actually one of the many ways in which we are being prevented from actually addressing these problems and bringing about a more peaceful existence. Given that today’s governments and all governments throughout history have such a tradition of mass murder and human rights violations, we should always be extremely suspicious whenever anyone in power claims to be doing something noble, especially when military force is involved.

Sources: [1] Some Context for Our Upcoming Bombing Campaign – The American Prospect

JG Vibes is an Intellihub.com investigative journalist, staff writer and editor. He is also the author of “Alchemy of the Modern Renaissance”, an 87 chapter e-book and is an artist with an established record label.