Which country's leaders have waged more wars on foreign soils in the last 50 years than the US?

[ConsAreLiars]

Which country's leaders are responsible for more murders of children, women and men in such wars?

What does the answer to that question mean to you?

(edit to be more precise)

[Joe the Liberal]

1. Hmmmm.......

I'm thinking Hitler and the Nazi's during World War 2, other than that I don't know.

[TheWraith]

11. That's outside the 50 year range...

And in any event you could argue that it was one big war.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. that be the USSR....

we are neck and neck with them on that account, something about proxy wars and the cold war

:-)

[ConsAreLiars]

9. The 50 year limit (lclarified in an edit) aside, do you really think that is true?

After WWII the US occupied and set up gov'ts in West Europe, and the USSR in the East, but since then there is no contest.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Many a proxy war in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East

And of course there is Vietnam and Afghanistan... the latter both the russians and us... directly involved

Did I mention Korea?

So yes, we both have had a hand in this... and the cold war almost went hot a few times to boot

[ConsAreLiars]

14. Soviet troops mass-murdering people in Vietnam?

Soviet troops mass-murdering people in Korea?

I don't think so.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Learn to read,

and learn some history

There were RUSSIAN pilots both at Mig Alley and Nam

SO yes, they were involved as well

Granted, of all the conflicts of the cold war the Vietnam war is one that you could make an argument that it was a COLONIAL war, and not part of the cold war... forced yes, but you could.

There is plenty of fodder

Now do tell me, exactly what did the russians do in Hungary 1956? Chekoslovaquia, 1968

Or for that matter, Afghanistan?

If you are blind to the truth, or just want to think that only the US is involved in this.... sorry charlie, show your ignorance to the world

Granted, in the US most people are just as ignorant, willfully so I fear, as you are

[Idealism]

3. Europe had a funny thing called the Hundred Year War

which actually lasted about 220... but who's countin'?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. He said clearly in the last fifty years

so the hundred year war is out, and so is WW II


Alas the Cold War is not

;-)

[Idealism]

5. Yep, just interjecting with a random fact from

Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader :P

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Hell, many folks already forgot the COLD WAR

and that one hasn't been over for that long...

You are a history nut, just like me though, I can tell

[Idealism]

8. Yes yes

Useless, they told me. Ha! :toast:

[ConsAreLiars]

7. Apologies to the first 3 responders. I failed to

include "in the last 50 years" as I had meant before hitting send. I corrected as quickly (2 minutes is light speed for me) as possible, since I didn't want comparisons to Hitler, the Roman Empire, Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great.

(edit to fix stuff)

[madeline_con]

12. Probably Great Britain. n/t

[ConsAreLiars]

13. Can you give me your count?

I know of the Falklands, but I'm not sure how that equates in your mind to Vietnam, Korea, Guatemala, Iraq, Panama, Iraq, and so on and so on. Care to clarify?

(edit tiny typo)