Has the United States ever lost a war?
Officially, no. At no point has the US been forced to surrender to another nation. There are only two disputable wars that most people bring up.War of 1812 - The US officially declared a draw with Britain. Although the White House was burned, the US obliterated Britain in New Orleans. The US and Britain eventually agreed to end the conflict rather evenly.Vietnam - The US spent over a decade pounding North Vietnam and her allies into the dirt. Although it came at the cost of 50,000+ plus American Soldiers, the North Vietnamese lost far more militarily as you would expect. However, the US never actually surrendered. By 1973 the US withdrew from Vietnam, leaving the country of South Vietnam to continue on its own. Although North Vietnam would soon defeat South Vietnam, the US withdraw wasn’t a surrender.Militarily the US never lost a war. However, whether they strategically lost any conflict is another matter. In that situation you’d need to analyze what the US goals were as compared to their enemies goals and then compare to see who accomplished what. Under this analysis, you can make a good argument that the US never won in Vietnam, to which I’d agree. However, upon just viewing the military side of the conflict, the US has never lost a war.Edit: Some have gotten rather testy about me asserting that US didn’t lose Vietnam, and have sent me messages because of this. Let me explain why I stand by this statement. The US never lost a major battle in Vietnam. For over a decade we pummeled the North Vietnamese, inflicting a combined total of over a 1 million losses over the course of the war. In 1973 the US brokered the Paris Peace Accords, which was a peace treaty ending the war and establishing both North and South Vietnam as separate governments. The US proceeded to end its military involvement in the region, similar to what happened in South Korea. However, the US also ended any commitment to defense and funding. After 2 years North Vietnam proceeded to break the peace treaty and invade South Vietnam. Without American financial support, the South quickly folded. Since the US military was not present after 1973, having voluntarily withdrawn and left South Vietnam to continue the fight, it is impossible to assert that the US was militarily defeated.
Has the Iraq war been success or failure?
The goals of iraq war 1) To locate all the WMD saddam has and to destroy those WMD 2) To bring democracy in Iraq the way it is in USA (no sharia law, no restrictions on women, etc etc) 3) To improve the standard of living of iraqis and providing them a solid economic infrastructure. 4) To set Iraq as an example i middle east of western type society.
On a scale from 1-10. How would you rate the Bush Presidency?
Just like a report card, he gets some good grades, some bad grades Keeping us safe from terror: 10 Keeping taxes low and affordable: 9 Pronouncing words? 3 In crisis mode (after 9/11, FEMA)? 7 Facing economic difficulty: 2 Do I think he tried his best? Certainly, these are unprecendented times in our markets and around the world- nobody knows exactly what to do or what will happen next. In no way did he have it out to get anyone or anything, he just made some good decisions, and lately a lot of bad ones. His legacy won't look as bad as people say it will.
Question about Iraqi currency...?
This scam has been going on now for awhile. How do you know they will even be REAL Dinars? Counterfeit money is everywhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_dinar Ask a REAL financial advisor. True you could make a few bucks. At $1.00 US Dollar = about $1,340.00 Dinars. But Where do you trade them? Are they REAL? Where are you going to get them in the FIRST place?
USA VS RUSSIA (war) (without nukes)?
First you have to define "win." Neither nation can inflict serious harm on the other without using nukes. Not enough planes, ships or missiles to deliver any significant amount of bombs so neither will be put out of action that way. Neither nation can invade the other with any expectation of being able to control the nation. Both are too big and both have too many people. Even if one or the other could land a 10 million man invasion army, they would be running into a nation of 200+ Million with enough guns and ammo to easily defeat the invader. The only exception is if one or the other resorts to chemical or biological weapons. Smallpox for example can kill about half of population. (That is how Cortes won against the Aztecs and Pissaro won against the Incas. Both Indian populations lost half their people to smallpox which was accidentally introduced by Cortes in 1520,) Chemical weapons if properly used can wipe out entire cities.