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1. Military interventionism is an American tradition.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Dec 29, 2024, 09:29 AM

Dec 29

"The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period." (Introducing the Military Intervention Project: A New Dataset on US Military Interventions, 1776–2019 - Sidita Kushi, Monica Duffy Toft, 2023)

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Fmr NSA O'Brien makes (illegal) case for invading Greenland [View all] Dennis Donovan Dec 29 OP

Military interventionism is an American tradition. sop Dec 29 #1

I don't think we've ever invaded a NATO territory before. n/t Dennis Donovan Dec 29 #2

That does present a problem. sop Dec 29 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 29 #7

Nothing would please pootin more SheltieLover Dec 29 #9

Greenland has never been invaded in history Diraven Dec 29 #3

Black folks JustAnotherGen Dec 29 #5

There must be something else going on in Greenland, because Trump isn't afraid of a Russian invasion. Baitball Blogger Dec 29 #6

minerals lapfog_1 Dec 29 #8

Annexing Canada (if they'd have us), buying Greenland, etc., are examples of trump BS. Don't think trump has Silent Type Dec 29 #10

"We must invade the country (or, territory in this case) to save it!" Oneironaut Dec 29 #11