Posted on Sep 7, 2016
Sept. 11 Legacy: One Endless War Against Many Radical Enemies
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It is truly hard to believe we have been at this, so long. Since I came in the Army during the immediate post Vietnam Era, and participated in many of the post Vietnam and pre-911 operations, I found this quite intersting.
Thank you to all of you who volunteered and stepped forward.
In the quarter-century from the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s until Sept. 11, 2001, the United States rarely went to war, and when it did, the conflicts were so brief they were measured in days. The Gulf War in 1991 lasted 43 days. Airstrikes in the former Yugoslavia in 1995 went on for 22 days, followed by another round in 1999, that time for 78 days.
But since the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States has been fighting every single day for 15 straight years, the longest unbroken period in American history. The U.S. has carried out airstrikes, sent in ground forces, or both, in seven countries stretching from Pakistan in the east to Libya in the west. None of these conflicts has been resolved, and all signs point to years of strife ahead.
Thank you to all of you who volunteered and stepped forward.
In the quarter-century from the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s until Sept. 11, 2001, the United States rarely went to war, and when it did, the conflicts were so brief they were measured in days. The Gulf War in 1991 lasted 43 days. Airstrikes in the former Yugoslavia in 1995 went on for 22 days, followed by another round in 1999, that time for 78 days.
But since the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States has been fighting every single day for 15 straight years, the longest unbroken period in American history. The U.S. has carried out airstrikes, sent in ground forces, or both, in seven countries stretching from Pakistan in the east to Libya in the west. None of these conflicts has been resolved, and all signs point to years of strife ahead.
Sept. 11 Legacy: One Endless War Against Many Radical Enemies
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Great reminder COL Charles Williams I can echo that. Came in in 84 and didn't see much strife. Since Desert Storm however and reinforced with 9/11 we have been high ops tempo since. Good share.
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And yet for the large portion of the American public even after all these years of war most don't care or even want to accept the fact that a very small percentage of their countrymen and women lose life ,limb and sometimes their mind,damn shame really.
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