America Is In Trouble !!
Did you know that:
The President of the United States has the power to lock us up forever without trial or charges. More
The president also has the power to assassinate anyone (including us) he determines to be dangerous. More
In less than 4 years the North Pole may be totally free of summer ice. More
Our government is continually watching all of us. Even you. More
The world economy teeters near collapse. More
We may already be screwed. 5 Charts About Climate Change That Should Have You Very, Very Worried. More
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the American taxpayers more than $5 TRILLION, yet we are cutting Social Security and Medicare to pay down the deficit. More
We never intended to bring democracy to Iraq. More More
We were lied to about Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction”. More More
We didn’t invade Afghanistan to fight al qaeda. More More
Tax cuts to the rich do not help the economy for all. More More
Exceptional America ?
When President Obama, speaking at the 2014 West Point commencement, said, “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being “ - I wondered if we lived in the same country. I have come to realize that we ARE exceptional, but for all the wrong reasons.
Among industrialized nations, the United States has the :
highest poverty rate, both generally and for children.
greatest inequality of incomes.
lowest government spending on social programs for the disadvantaged.
lowest number of days for paid holiday, annual leaves and maternity leaves.
worst score on the United Nations gender inequality index.
lowest social mobility.
highest public/private expenditures on health care as percentage of GDP.
highest infant mortality rate.
highest proportion of population without health care due to cost.
second lowest birth-weight for children per capita, behind only Japan.
highest consumption of antidepressants per capita.
third shortest life expectancy at birth, behind Denmark and Portugal.
highest CO2 emissions and water consumption per capita.
highest rate of failure to ratify international agreements.
lowest spending on development and humanitarian assistance.
highest military spending as a portion of GDP.
largest international arms sales.
third-lowest scores for student performance in math.
second-highest high school dropout rate, behind only Spain.
highest homicide rate.
largest prison population per capita, more than China and China has 4 times the population.
Hedges, Chris; Sacco, Joe (2014-04-08). Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Randy McMahon
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How much is a trillion dollars?
Every twelve months the United States government spends about a trillion dollars on defense and defense-related stuff. See War Resisters League for an explanation.
Any idea how much money that is?
Well, I’ll tell you.
A trillion one dollar bills placed end to end will go for 83,509,952 miles - or sort of close to the sun. MORE
Stacked flat, the same amount will make a pile 57,429 miles high, or more than twice the length of the Earth’s equator.
And we do this each and every year while millions of Americans go hungry, or lose their homes, their jobs, their health-care, and their dignity.
What else could we get for $1.14 trillion?
Ronald Reagan spent $1.14 trillion on defense from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, for one trillion dollars, you could:
- Build a $75,000 house.
- Place it on $5,000 worth of land.
- Furnish it with $10,000 worth of furniture.
- Put a $10,000 car in the garage.
And give all this to every family in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Iowa.
Having done this, you would still have enough money left to build a $10 million hospital and a $10 million library in each of 250 cities and towns throughout the six-state region.
And after having done that, you would still have enough money left to build 500 schools aside, at 10% annual interest, a sum that would:
- Pay a salary of $25,000 per year for 10,000 nurses.
- Pay a salary of $25,000 per year for 10,000 teachers.
- Give an annual cash allowance of $5,000 for each and every family throughout the six-state region - forever.
(Source: SANE World Freeze Focus Summer 1988)
Total cost of the cold war (1948 - 1991)
$13.1 trillion
America the Assassin
The following is a list of prominent foreign individuals whose assassination (or planning for same) the United States has been involved in since the end of the Second World War.
1949 - Kim Koo, Korean opposition leader.
1950s - CIA/ Neo-Nazi hit-list of numerous political figures in West Germany.
1950s - Cho En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts on his life.
1950s 1962 - Sukarno, President of Indonesia.
1951 - Kim ll Sung, Premier of North Korea.
1953 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of iran.
1950s - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader.
1955 - Jawaharla lNehru, Prime Minister of India.
1957 - Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt.
1959, 1963, 1969 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia.
1960 - Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader of Iraq.
1950s - 1970s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, 2 attempts on his life.
1961 - Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, leader of Haiti.
1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo (Zaire).
1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of the Dominican Republic.
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam.
1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, many attempts on his life.
1960s - Raul Castro, high govt. official of Cuba.
1963 - Francisco Camano - Dominican Republic opposition leader.
1965-66 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France.
1967 - Che Guevara, Latin American revolutionary.
1970 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile.
1970 - Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Chile.
1970s, 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama.
1972 - Gen. Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panamanian Intelligence.
1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire.
1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica.
1980-86 - Muammar Qaddafi, leader of Libya, several attempts on his life.
1982 - Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran.
1983 - Gen. Ahmed Diimi, Moroccan Army commander.
1983 - Miguel de’Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua.
1984 - The 9 commandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate.
1985 - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadallah, Lebanese Shiite leader.
1991 - Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq.
Taken from Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War ll by William Blum, bblum6@aol.com
Use of U.S. Armed Force - 1766 - 2015
1776 - American Revolutionary War
1776 - Chickamagua Wars
1776 - Second Cherokee War
1776 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1777 - American Revolutionary War
1777 - Chickamauga Wars
1777 - Second Cherokee War
1777 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1778 - American Revolutionary War
1778 - Chickamauga Wars
1778 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1779 - American Revolutionary War
1779 - Chickamauga Wars
1779 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1780 - American Revolutionary War
1780 - Chickamauga Wars
1780 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1781 - American Revolutionary War
1781 - Chickamauga Wars
1781 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1782 - American Revolutionary War
1782 - Chickamauga Wars
1782 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1783 - American Revolutionary War
1783 - Chickamauga Wars
1783 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1784 - Chickamauga Wars
1784 - Pennamite-Yankee War
1784 - Oconee War
1785 - Chickamauga Wars
1785 - Northwest Indian War
1786 - Chickamauga Wars
1786 - Northwest Indian War
1787 - Chickamauga Wars
1787 - Northwest Indian War
1788 - Chickamauga Wars
1788 - Northwest Indian War
1789 - Chickamauga Wars
1789 - Northwest Indian War
1790 - Chickamauga Wars
1790 - Northwest Indian War
1791 - Chickamauga Wars
1791 - Northwest Indian War
1792 - Chickamauga Wars
1792 - Northwest Indian War
1793 - Chickamauga Wars
1793 - Northwest Indian War
1794 - Chickamauga Wars
1794 - Northwest Indian War
1795 - Northwest Indian War
1796 – No major war
1797 – No major war
1798 - Quasi-War
1799 - Quasi-War
1800 - Quasi-War
1801 - First Barbary War
1802 - First Barbary War
1803 - First Barbary War
1804 - First Barbary War
1805 - First Barbary War
1806 - Sabine Expedition
1807 – No major war
1808 – No major war
1809 – No major war
1810 - U.S. occupies Spanish-held West Florida
1811 - Tecumseh’s War
1812 - War of 1812
1812 - Tecumseh’s War
1812 - Seminole Wars
1812 - U.S. occupies Spanish-held Amelia Island
1812 - U.S. occupies parts of East Florida
1813 - War of 1812
1813 - Tecumseh’s War
1813 - Peoria War
1813 - Creek War
1813 - U.S. expands its territory in West Florida
1814 - War of 1812
1814 - Creek War
1814 - U.S. expands its territory in Florida
1814 - Anti-piracy war
1815 - War of 1812
1815 - Second Barbary War
1815 - Anti-piracy war
1816 - First Seminole War
1816 - Anti-piracy war
1817 - First Seminole War
1817 - Anti-piracy war
1818 - First Seminole War
1818 - Anti-piracy war
1819 - Yellowstone Expedition
1819 - Anti-piracy war
1820 - Yellowstone Expedition
1820 - Anti-piracy war
1821 - Anti-piracy war
1822 - Anti-piracy war
1823 - Anti-piracy war
1823 - Arikara War
1824 - Anti-piracy war
1825 - Yellowstone Expedition
1825 - Anti-piracy war
1826 – No major war
1827 - Winnebago War
1828 – No major war
1829 – No major war
1830 – No major war
1831 - Sac and Fox Indian War
1832 - Black Hawk War
1833 - Cherokee Indian War
1834 - Cherokee Indian War
1834 - Pawnee Indian Territory Campaign
1835 - Cherokee Indian War
1835 - Seminole Wars
1835 - Second Creek War
1836 - Cherokee Indian War
1836 - Seminole Wars
1836 - Second Creek War
1836 - Missouri-Iowa Border War
1837 - Cherokee Indian War
1837 - Seminole Wars
1837 - Second Creek War
1837 - Osage Indian War
1837 - Buckshot War
1838 - Cherokee Indian War
1838 - Seminole Wars
1838 - Buckshot War
1838 - Heatherly Indian War
1839 - Cherokee Indian War
1839 - Seminole Wars
1840 - Seminole Wars
1840 - U.S. naval forces invade Fiji Islands
1841 - Seminole Wars
1841 - U.S. naval forces invade McKean Island
1841 - U.S. naval forces invade Gilbert Islands
1841 - U.S. naval forces invade Samoa
1842 - Seminole Wars
1843 - U.S. forces clash with Chinese
1843 - U.S. troops invade African coast
1844 - Texas-Indian Wars
1845 - Texas-Indian Wars
1846 - Mexican-American War
1846 - Texas-Indian Wars
1847 - Mexican-American War
1847 - Texas-Indian Wars
1848 - Mexican-American War
1848 - Texas-Indian Wars
1848 - Cayuse War
1849 - Texas-Indian Wars
1849 - Cayuse War
1849 - Southwest Indian Wars
1849 - Navajo Wars
1849 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1850 - Texas-Indian Wars
1850 - Cayuse War
1850 - Southwest Indian Wars
1850 - Navajo Wars
1850 - Yuma War
1850 - California Indian Wars
1850 - Pitt River Expedition
1851 - Texas-Indian Wars
1851 - Cayuse War
1851 - Southwest Indian Wars
1851 - Navajo Wars
1851 - Apache Wars
1851 - Yuma War
1851 - Utah Indian Wars
1851 - California Indian Wars
1852 - Texas-Indian Wars
1852 - Cayuse War
1852 - Southwest Indian Wars
1852 - Navajo Wars
1852 - Yuma War
1852 - Utah Indian Wars
1852 - California Indian Wars
1853 - Texas-Indian Wars
1853 - Cayuse War
1853 - Southwest Indian Wars
1853 - Navajo Wars
1853 - Yuma War
1853 - Utah Indian Wars
1853 - Walker War
1853 - California Indian Wars
1854 - Texas-Indian Wars
1854 - Cayuse War
1854 - Southwest Indian Wars
1854 - Navajo Wars
1854 - Apache Wars
1854 - California Indian Wars
1854 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1855 - Seminole Wars
1855 - Texas-Indian Wars
1855 - Cayuse War
1855 - Southwest Indian Wars
1855 - Navajo Wars
1855 - Apache Wars
1855 - California Indian Wars
1855 - Yakima War
1855 - Winnas Expedition
1855 - Klickitat War
1855 - Puget Sound War
1855 - Rogue River Wars
1855 - U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands
1855 - U.S. forces invade Uruguay
1856 - Seminole Wars
1856 - Texas-Indian Wars
1856 - Southwest Indian Wars
1856 - Navajo Wars
1856 - California Indian Wars
1856 - Puget Sound War
1856 - Rogue River Wars
1856 - Tintic War
1857 - Seminole Wars
1857 - Texas-Indian Wars
1857 - Southwest Indian Wars
1857 - Navajo Wars
1857 - California Indian Wars
1857 - Utah War
1857 - Conflict in Nicaragua
1858 - Seminole Wars
1858 - Texas-Indian Wars
1858 - Southwest Indian Wars
1858 - Navajo Wars
1858 - Mohave War
1858 - California Indian Wars
1858 - Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Paloos War
1858 - Utah War
1858 - U.S. forces invade Fiji Islands
1858 - U.S forces invade Uruguay
1859 - Texas-Indian Wars
1859 - Southwest Indian Wars
1859 - Navajo Wars
1859 - California Indian Wars
1859 - Pecos Expedition
1859 - Antelope Hills Expedition
1859 - Bear River Expedition
1859 - John Brown’s raid
1859 - U.S. forces attack Paraguay
1859 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1860 - Texas-Indian Wars
1860 - Southwest Indian Wars
1860 - Navajo Wars
1860 - Apache Wars
1860 - California Indian Wars
1860 - Paiute War
1860 - Kiowa-Comanche War
1861 - American Civil War
1861 - Texas-Indian Wars
1861 - Southwest Indian Wars
1861 - Navajo Wars
1861 - Apache Wars
1861 - California Indian Wars
1861 - Cheyenne Campaign
1862 - American Civil War
1862 - Texas-Indian Wars
1862 - Southwest Indian Wars
1862 - Navajo Wars
1862 - Apache Wars
1862 - California Indian Wars
1862 - Cheyenne Campaign
1862 - Dakota War of 1862
1863 - American Civil War
1863 - Texas-Indian Wars
1863 - Southwest Indian Wars
1863 - Navajo Wars
1863 - Apache Wars
1863 - California Indian Wars
1863 - Cheyenne Campaign,
1863 - Colorado War
1863 - Goshute War
1864 - American Civil War
1864 - Texas-Indian Wars
1864 - Navajo Wars
1864 - Apache Wars
1864 - California Indian Wars
1864 - Cheyenne Campaign
1864 - Colorado War
1864 - Snake War
1865 - American Civil War
1865 - Texas-Indian Wars
1865 - Navajo Wars
1865 - Apache Wars
1865 - California Indian Wars
1865 - Colorado War
1865 - Snake War
1865 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1866 - Texas-Indian Wars
1866 - Navajo Wars
1866 - Apache Wars
1866 - California Indian Wars
1866 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1866 - Snake War
1866 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1866 - Red Cloud’s War
1866 - Franklin County War
1866 - U.S. invades Mexico
1866 - Conflict with China
1867 - Texas-Indian Wars
1867 - Long Walk of the Navajo
1867 - Apache Wars
1867 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1867 - Snake War
1867 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1867 - Red Cloud’s War
1867 - Comanche Wars
1867 - Franklin County War
1867 - U.S. troops occupy Nicaragua
1867 - U.S. troops attack Taiwan
1868 - Texas-Indian Wars
1868 - Long Walk of the Navajo
1868 - Apache Wars
1868 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1868 - Snake War
1868 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1868 - Red Cloud’s War
1868 - Comanche Wars
1868 - Battle of Washita River
1868 - Franklin County War
1869 - Texas-Indian Wars
1869 - Apache Wars
1869 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1869 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1869 - Comanche Wars, Franklin County War
1870 - Texas-Indian Wars
1870 - Apache Wars
1870 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1870 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1870 - Comanche Wars
1870 - Franklin County War
1871 - Texas-Indian Wars
1871 - Apache Wars
1871 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1871 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1871 - Comanche Wars
1871 - Franklin County War
1871 - Kingsley Cave Massacre
1871 - U.S. forces invade Korea
1872 - Texas-Indian Wars
1872 - Apache Wars
1872 - Utah’s Black Hawk War
1872 - Comanche Wars
1872 - Modoc War
1872 - Franklin County War
1873 - Texas-Indian Wars
1873 - Comanche Wars
1873 - Modoc War
1873 - Apache Wars
1873 - Cypress Hills Massacre
1873 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1874 - Texas-Indian Wars
1874 - Comanche Wars
1874 - Red River War
1874 - Mason County War
1874 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1875 - Conflict in Mexico
1875 - Texas-Indian Wars
1875 - Comanche Wars
1875 - Eastern Nevada
1875 - Mason County War
1875 - Colfax County War
1875 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1876 - Texas-Indian Wars
1876 - Black Hills War
1876 - Mason County War
1876 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1877 - Texas-Indian Wars
1877 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1877 - Black Hills War
1877 - Nez Perce War
1877 - Mason County War
1877 - Lincoln County War
1877 - San Elizario Salt War
1877 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1878 - Paiute Indian conflict
1878 - Bannock War
1878 - Cheyenne War
1878 - Lincoln County War
1878 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1879 - Cheyenne War
1879 - Sheepeater Indian War
1879 - White River War
1879 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1880 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1881 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1882 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1883 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1884 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1885 - Apache Wars
1885 - Eastern Nevada Expedition
1885 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1886 - Apache Wars
1886 - Pleasant Valley War
1886 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1887 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1888 - U.S. show of force against Haiti
1888 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1889 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1890 - Sioux Indian War
1890 - Skirmish between 1st Cavalry and Indians
1890 - Ghost Dance War
1890 - Wounded Knee
1890 - Argentina, protect U.S. interests
1890 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1891 - Sioux Indian War
1891 - Haiti, put down revolt on Navassa
1891 - Chile, Marines fight nationalist rebels
1891 - Ghost Dance War
1891 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1892 - Johnson County War
1892 - Idaho, troops suppress miners strike
1892 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1893 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1893 - U.S. forces invade Hawaii
1894 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1894 - China: naval, Marines, troops
1894 - Korea: troops kept in Seoul
1894 - Nicaragua, month-long occupation
1894 - Chicago, troops break rail strike
1895 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1895 - Panama: troops, naval, Marines
1895 - Bannock Indian Disturbances
1896 - U.S. forces invade Mexico
1896 - Nicaragua: Marines land in Corinto
1897 – No major war
1898 - Spanish-American War
1898 - Cuba: seized from Spain
1898 - Puerto Rico: seized from Spain
1898 - Guam: seized from Spain
1898 - China: Troops, Boxer Rebellion
1898 - Battle of Leech Lake
1898 - Chippewa Indian Disturbances
1898 - Nicaragua: Marines invade
1899 - Samoa: Battle over succession to throne
1899 - Philippines: seized from Spain
1899 - Nicaragua: Troops at Bluefields
1899 - Banana Wars
1899 - Idaho: Troops occupy mining region
1900 - Philippine-American War
1900 - Banana Wars
1901 - Philippine-American War
1901 - Oklahoma: Creek Indian revolt
1901 - Banana Wars
1901 - Panama: Naval, troops
1902 - Philippine-American War
1902 - Banana Wars
1903 - Philippine-American War
1903 - Honduras: Marines interven in revolution
1903 - Banana Wars
1904 - Philippine-American War
1904 - Banana Wars
1905 - Philippine-American War
1905 - Banana Wars
1906 - Philippine-American War
1906 - Banana Wars
1907 - Philippine-American War
1907 - Banana Wars
1908 - Philippine-American War,
1908 - Banana Wars
1909 - Philippine-American War
1909 - Banana Wars
1910 - Philippine-American War
1910 - Banana Wars
1911 - Philippine-American War
1911 - Banana Wars
1912 - Philippine-American War
1912 - Nicaragua: 20 yr. occupation, fought rebels
1912 - Banana Wars
1913 - Philippine-American War
1913 - Banana Wars
1913 - Mexico: Troops evacuate Americans
1913 - New Mexico Navajo War
1914 - Banana Wars
1914 - Colorado: Breaking of miners’ strike
1914 - Dominican Republic: Troops fight rebels
1914 - U.S. invades Mexico, fights nationalists
1914 - Haiti: 19 yr. occupation
1915 - Banana Wars
1915 - U.S. invades Mexico
1915 - Colorado Paiute War
1916 - Banana Wars
1916 - U.S. invades Mexico
1916 - Dominican Republic: 8 yr. occupation
1917 - Banana Wars
1917 - Cuba: Occupation, economic protectorate
1917 - World War I
1917 - U.S. invades Mexico
1918 - Banana Wars
1918 - Russia: 5 landings, fight Bolsheviks
1918 - World War I
1918 - U.S invades Mexico
1918 - Panama: “Police duty” after elections
1919 - Banana Wars
1919 - U.S. invades Mexico
1919 - Yugoslavia: Intervening for Italy
1919 - Honduras: Marines land during election
1920 - Banana Wars
1920 - Guatemala: 2 week intervention against unions
1920 - West Virginia: Troops against mineworkers
1921 - Banana Wars
1922 - Banana Wars
1922 - China: Naval, troops against nationalists
1922 - Turkey: Troops against nationalists
1923 - Banana Wars
1923 - Posey War
1924 - Banana Wars
1924 - Honduras: Troops landed twice during election
1925 - Banana Wars
1925 - Panama: Marines suppress general strike
1926 - Banana Wars
1927 - Banana Wars
1927 - China: Marines occupying China for 7 years
1928 - Banana Wars
1930 - Banana Wars
1931 - Banana Wars
1932 - Banana Wars
1932 - El Salvador: Warships sent during revolt
1932 - Washington, DC: WW1 vet bonus protest
1933 - Banana Wars
1934 - Banana Wars
1935 – No major war
1936 – No major war
1937 – No major war
1938 – No major war
1939 – No major war
1940 – No major war
1941 - World War II
1942 - World War II
1943 - Wold War II
1943 - Detroit: Troops put down Black rebellion
1944 - World War II
1945 - World War II
1946 - Cold War - U.S. occupies the Philippines
1946 - U.S. occupies South Korea
1946 - Iran: Soviet troops told to leave, nuclear threat
1946 - Yugoslavia: Naval response to shooting U.S. plane
1947 - Cold War - U.S. occupies South Korea
1947 - U.S. forces land in Greece to fight Communists
1947 - Uruguay: Nuclear threat, bombers deployed
1947 - Greece: U.S. supports extreme right in civil war
1948 - U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party
1948 - Germany: Nuclear threat, bombers guard airlift
1948 - Philippines: CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion
1949 - U.S. forces aid Chinese Nationalist Party
1950 - Korean War
1950 - Puerto Rico: Independence rebellion crushed
1950 - Jayuga Uprising
1951 - Korean War
1952 - Korean War
1953 - Korean War
1953 - Iran: CIA crushes democracy, installs Shah
1954 - Covert War in Guatemala, directed by CIA
1955 - Vietnam War, bombs offered to French
1956 - Vietnam War
1956 - Egypt: Nuclear threat, Soviets told to leave Suez
1957 - Vietnam War
1958 - Vietnam War
1958 - Lebanon: Marine occupation against rebels
1958 - China: Nuclear threat, told not to move on Taiwan
1958 - Iraq: Nuclear threat, warned about invading Kuwait
1958 - Panama: Flag protests erupt into confrontation
1959 - Vietnam War
1959 - Conflict in Haiti
1960 - Vietnam War
1961 - Vietnam War
1961 - Cuba: CIA invasion fails
1961 - Germany: Nuclear threat, Berlin Wall crisis
1962 - Vietnam War
1962 - Nuclear threat, Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 - U.S. marines in Thailand
1962 - Laos: Military buildup during guerrilla war
1963 - Vietnam War
1964 - Vietnam War
1964 - Panama: Troops sent to stop riots over canal
1965 - Vietnam War
1965 - Indonesia: Million killed in CIA assisted coup
1965 - U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
1966 - Vietnam War
1966 - U.S. occupation of Dominican Republic
1966 - Guatemala: U.S. troops intervene against rebels
1967 - Vietnam War
1967 - Detroit: Army battles Blacks, 43 killed
1968 - Vietnam War
1968 - U.S.A.: 21,000 soldiers in cities after M.L.K. death
1969 - Vietnam War, invasion, bombing of Cambodia
1970 - Vietnam War
1971 - Vietnam War, invasion, bombing of Laos
1972 - Vietnam War
1973 - Vietnam War
1973 - U.S. aids Israel in Yom Kippur War
1973 - South Dakota: Army directs Wounded Knee siege
1973 - Chile: CIA-backed coup ousts elected president
1974 - Vietnam War
1975 - Vietnam War
1976 - Angola: CIA assists South African backed rebels
1977 – No major war
1978 – No major war
1979 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1980 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1980 - Iran: Nuclear threat, aborted embassy rescue
1981 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1981 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua
1981 - El Salvador: Troops, advisors, overflights
1981 - Naval jets, first Gulf of Sidra Incident
1982 - Cold War CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1982 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua, Contra invasions
1982 - Conflict in Lebanon, bombing, troops expel PLO
1983 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1983 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua
1983 - Invasion of Grenada
1983 - Conflict in Lebanon
1983 - Honduras: Troops, maneuvers, base-building
1984 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1984 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua
1984 - Conflict in Persian Gulf, 2 Iranian jets shot down
1985 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1985 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua
1986 - Cold War - CIA proxy war in Afghanistan
1986 - CIA proxy war in Nicaragua
1986 - Libya: Bombing, naval air strikes to topple govt.
1986 - Bolivia: Troops raid cocaine region
1987 - Conflict in Persian Gulf, aids Iraq in war on Iran
1988 - Conflict in Persian Gulf
1988 - U.S. occupation of Panama
1989 - Second Gulf of Sidra Incident
1989 - U.S. occupation of Panama
1989 - Philippines: air cover for govt. against coup
1989 - Virgin Islands: Black unrest in St. Croix after storm
1990 - First Gulf War
1990 - U.S. occupation of Panama, bombing, 2,000+ killed
1990 - Liberia: Foreigners evacuated during civil war
1991 - First Gulf War, jets, 540,000 troops
1992 - Conflict in Iraq
1992 - Troops deployed, anti-police uprising, L.A.
1992 - Somalia, troops, naval bombing
1993 - Conflict in Iraq
1994 - Conflict in Iraq
1994 - U.S. invades Haiti
1995 - Conflict in Iraq
1995 - U.S. invades Haiti
1995 - NATO bombing of Bosnia
1995 - NATO bombing of Herzegovina
1996 - Conflict in Iraq
1996 - Zaire: Marines at Rwandan Hutu refugee camp
1997 - No major war
1998 - Bombing of Iraq, 4 days of intensive attacks
1998 - Missile strikes against Afghan training camps
1998 - Missile strikes against Sudan pharmaceutical plant
1999 - Kosovo War, bombing, missiles
2000 - No major war
2001 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2002 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2002 - War on terror in Yemen
2003 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2003 - War on terror in Iraq
2004 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2004 - War on terror in Iraq
2004 - War on terror in Pakistan
2004 - War on terror in Yemen
2005 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2005 - War on terror in Iraq
2005 - War on terror in Pakistan
2005 - War on terror inYemen
2006 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2006 - War on terror in Iraq
2006 - War on terror in Pakistan
2006 - War on terror in Yemen
2007 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2007 - War on terror in Iraq
2007 - War on terror in Pakistan
2007 - War on terror in Somalia
2007 - War on terror in Yemen
2008 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2008 - War on terror in Iraq
2008 - War on terror in Pakistan
2008 - War on terror in Yemen
2009 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2009 - War on terror in Iraq
2009 - War on terror in Pakistan
2009 - War on terror in Yemen
2010 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2010 - War on terror in Iraq
2010 - War on terror in Pakistan
2010 - War on terror in Yemen
2011 - War on Terror in Afghanistan
2011 - War on terror in Iraq
2011 - War on terror in Pakistan
2011 - War on terror in Somalia
2011 - War on terror in Yemen
2011 - Libya bombed by U.S. and NATO jets
2012 - War on terror in Afghanistan
2012 - War on terror in Pakistan
2012 - War on terror in Yemen
2013 - War on terror in Afghanistan
2013 - War on terror in Yemen
2013 - War on terror in Pakistan
2013 - War against ISIS - Iraq, Syria
2014 - War against ISIS - Iraq, Syria
2015 - War against ISIS - Iraq, Syria, Libya
Alumni of the School of the Americas
The following were trained at the School of the Americas and we paid their tuition.
General Raoul Cedras - Dictator of Haiti, ousted 1994.
General Hugo Banzer - Dictator of Bolivia from 1971 - 78.
Manuel Noriega - Drug runner and dictator of Panama.
Colonel Roberto D’Aubuisson - Dictator of El Salvador and a death-squad leader who carried out the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in 1980.
The soldiers who raped and murdered the American nuns in El Salvador in 1980.
Colonel Francisco Elena Fuentes - With 19 soldiers he killed 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her teenage daughter in San Salvador in 1989.
A colonel charged in the 1998 killing of Guatemala's Bishop Gerardi.
Colonel Juan Alpirez - A CIA-paid operative who was found responsible for the slayings of an American citizen and a Guatemalan rebel leder.
General Juan Lopez Ortiz - Led a massacre on unarmed peasants in Chiapas, Mexico.
8 of 12 officers - El Mozote massacre where over 1,000 unarmed civilians - including women and children - were murdered.
Hector Gramalo - Former Defense Minister of Guatemala, accused of torture and war crimes against Guatemalan people.
Major Joseph-Michel Francois - Chief of police in Haiti, played a key role in the coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
How fair is America?
Today, the top .001% of the U.S. population owns 976 times more than the entire bottom 90%.
Half of all American children will be dependent upon food stamps at some point during their childhood.
The size of America’s income disparity is nearly twice that of the average of other nations.
Half of America has 2.5% of the wealth.
Real average earnings have not increased in 50 years.
Despite the myth of social mobility, poor Americans have a SLIM CHANCE of rising to the upper middle class.
One fourth of the country’s largest corporations - including General Electric, ExxonMobil and Bank of America -paid NO federal income taxes in 2010. This goes on while President Obama cuts home heating aid in half.
Corporate taxes used to account for 30% of revenue collected by the government - today that number is 7%.
20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know. Press here.
See the video, The American Dream by The Provocateur Network. Press here.
Not Fair At All
Some "projects" of the U.S. Military and the CIA
Freedom and Democracy?
Guatemala - A CIA-led coup removed the democratically elected government in 1954. U.S. supported and trained dictators ruled Guatemala with the widespread use of death-squads, torture, murder, abduction, and imprisonment. When Guatemala's 35 year civil war finally ended 160,000 were dead and 40,000 were "disappeared" - 93% at the hands of the Guatemalan security forces.
Chile - A CIA-led coup murdered Salvador Allende, the democratically elected president in 1973. General Agusto Pinochet, the newly installed leader of Chile, led a reign of terror with assassinations, disappearances, abductions, torture, and far-reaching death squads. It has recently come to light how much support Pinochet received from the Nixon Administration, particularly from Henry Kissinger. There is evidence that the head of the Chilean secret police (DINA) was on the CIA payroll.
Panama - The Panama story is a familiar one. Manuel Noriega, a criminal and graduate of the School of the Americas had been a cohort of Panamanian president Torrijos and U.S. intelligence. Noriega became president when Torrijos was killed in a suspicious plane crash and remained Washington's friend until he began to act mildly independent and worried his masters to the north. Economic sanctions followed by a coup attempt failed to dislodge him. Panama was invaded in December 1989 by U.S. military forces and thousands of Panamanians paid with their lives. Noriega was arrested and sentenced to a federal prison in the United States.
El Salvador - Our murderous behavior was stepped up in El Salvador. When peasant, labor and church groups began organizing in the 70s to help the poor the Salvadoran military and death-squads marched in violent obedience to their paymasters and trainers in Washngton. The result was a bloodbath largely ignored by the mainstream American press. Tens of thousands of mostly poor civilians were murdered, and more than a million turned into refugees. As in most Latin American nations the assassins and torturers were trained at the School of the Americas.
Nicaragua - When U.S. supported dictator Anastasio Somoza was ousted by the Sandanistas in 1979 the United States was not happy with the results. The new government was a bad role model for U.S. interests in the area. The Sandanistas fed the hungry, rebuilt infrastructure, began literacy and health programs for the poor, and didn't seem very corrupt - certainly not the clients we wanted in the region. Presidents Carter and Reagan pushed through economic sanctions, trained Somoza's former national guard troops into the contras, spread lies, mined a Nicaraguan harbor and pressured other nations to withdraw support. The contras, funded by drug sales, spread terror and death throughout the land, but despite huge amounts of money from the U.S. they never succeeded in overthrowing the Sandanistas or garnering much support from the people of Nicaragua. Nicaragua remains a broken and very poor country.
Colombia - Another government with a death-squad problem, Colombia has been receiving billions in U.S. aid. Colombia is knee-deep in a long-running civil war where drug profits fund all the parties involved. Caught in the middle are the people of Colombia who long for peace. The U.S. is pushing Plan Colombia, a poorly disguised attempt to crush the two groups of leftist rebels. The U.S. claims to be only interested in stemming the flow of drugs, but shows little interest in intercepting the profits of the paramilitary groups.
Peru - When Alberto Fujimori, the president of Peru, dissolved the parliament, suspended the constitution, issued fascist decrees, dismissed 75% of the judges, promoted murderous attacks in villages throughout the country and arrested hundreds of opponents the U.S. was delighted - Fujimori was our man in Peru. The CIA funneled millions of dollars to Fujimori's closest "advisor", a shadowy and corrupt character named Valdimiro Montesinos despite his ties to drug traffickers and death squads. This chapter in Peru's history ends with Montesinos being caught on video bribing a legislator and Fujimori fleeing to Japan.
Haiti - We would support the Devil himself if he was good for business, and in Haiti we came close to such an agreement. After years of the U.S.-supported Duvalier family of dictators democracy began to blossom when Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist priest, won in a landslide in Haiti's first democratic election in 1990. Less than two years later Aristide was forced out of office in a CIA-supported military coup. The torture, death-squads, and terror of the Duvalier era returned. It was only after international pressure and an armada of Haitian boat people fleeing their homeland that the Clinton administration sent in troops to undo the injustice. Aristide's return was conditioned on the adoption of a structural adjustment program that aided investors, but hurt the poor. Haiti has recently slipped back into a dictatorship with the U.S. government's help. The Haitian people bravely struggle to survive after an earthquakes, hurricanes, and extreme poverty.
Iraq - Iraq is a broken, corrupt, dangerous, undemocratic and miserable place now and a good example of what happens when our client thugs step out of line. Hussein murdered his own people and we didn't really care. When he stepped too far out of line we lied to the world about what a threat he had become so that we could attack Iraq. More tonnage of bombs fell in the 42 days of the first Gulf War than in the 45 months of World War II. Crippling sanctions killed more than one million Iraqis, most of them children. Millions demonstrated against the second Gulf War, but George W. Bush attacked anyway. Hundreds of thousands died and millions were displaced - all from a lie. Nearly 5,000 American troops died, many of them believing that it was all for freedom. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Iraq's new government is remarkably similar to Iraq's old government. The lies continue.
Israel and Palestine - In direct violation of international law Israel is occupying Palestinian land, curbing civil rights, using death-squads and torture, building illegal settlements, and the United States is making all of this possible by giving Israel enormous amounts of foreign aid, weapons, and diplomatic support. When Iraq illegally occupied Kuwait we invaded. When Israel does the same in Lebanon and Palestinian land we send them cash.
The mainstream press in this country has done an excellent job of portraying the Palestinians as terrorists and the Israelis as the democratic defenders of their homeland. The Palestinian's struggle continue as their land is stolen and they are attacked by Israel's U.S.-supported military.
Indonesia - In 1965 General Suharto of Indonesia ousted the legally elected government in a coup and masterminded the killing of what Amnesty International estimated to be more than one half-million Indonesians, mostly landless peasants, ethnic Chinese and trade unionists. U.S. State Department documents from that period clearly indicate that the CIA provided "hit lists" to the Indonesian security forces.
Ten years later Suharto invaded and annexed East Timor, a former Belgian colony, and slaughtered one-third of its residents. Presidents Ford and Carter not only didn't condemn this practice, but supplied arms and tactical support.
In the late nineties Suharto's greed and corruption was even too much for his American supporters and he was cut loose and ousted from power.
President Obama recently re-continued military aid to some of Indonesia's more thug-like military units.
Illegally and brutally applied force against: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, The Philippines, Grenada, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Argentina, Mexico, Lebanon, Cuba, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Dominican Republic, British Guiana, Congo, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Ghana, Egypt, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Australia, Zaire, Angola, Morocco, Libya, Albania, Ecuador, Algeria, Bolivia, Jamaica, Somalia, Yemen, Bahrain, Suriname, and Pakistan.