America Wars Victories and Failures
When Israel attacked Iran, America itself also entered the middle. Now US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire in a very dramatic manner. Actually, there was no attainment of this war that went on in the middle East for 12 days. It is not just a war. After the second world war, most of the battles that the US has started, most of them were nothing. On the contrary, America has to face the mouth. Let us know how much war the US fought and what was their result?
We talk about American wars after 1945, not going far behind in history. America has won in most of the major wars before 1945, but after this it has rarely won a meaningful victory. Talking about the year 1945, America has fought five wars mainly. These include war with Korea, war of Vietnam, Gulf War as well as attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan.
Apart from these, America has fought small battles from countries like Somalia, Yemen and Libya. Out of these, the US has directly ordered a strategic defeat to all, except for the 1991 Gulf War.
Korea’s war stopped after agreement
It was on 25 June 1950. North Korea attacked South Korea. In this, North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung got the support of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. Two days after this war started, the United Nations Security Council called upon the member countries to help South Korea, and the US got a chance and on June 30, the US Army also jumped into the war. However, by then North Korea had captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
By September, the United Nations-led joint army rescued Seoul. Meanwhile, the US planned even a nuclear attack. However, he did not carry out a nuclear attack after Britain’s intervention. As the years passed, China also jumped into the war for North Korea.
After the 13 -month fight, the discussion on the ceasefire started. This discussion continued with war for two years. Meanwhile, when Stalin died in March 1953, the new leadership of the Soviet Union took a fast initiative towards the agreement and a ceasefire agreement was reached on 27 July 1953. This war was no less than a defeat for America, because the Soviet Union -backed North Korea status was better in this war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Defeat in Vietnam war
During the Cold War, the Vietnam War was a war that shook the roots of America. In this war, China and the Soviet Union stood with North Vietnam, while the US was supporting southern Vietnam. In this war, the US -backed southern Vietnam was defeated and it was eliminated with the integration of the country. Starting in the year 1955, this pseudo -war that started till 1975, is a blot on the forehead of America that it rarely can get rid of it.
Win won in Gulf War
The Iraq-Iran war began in 1980 ended in 1988 after eight years. Iraq, who attacked Iran under the influence of America, was financially decaying due to this war. He had taken a lot of debt from other Gulf countries for this war. In 1990, Iraq had a $ 37 billion debt from other Gulf countries. On this, the then President of Iraq Saddam Hussain asked Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to forgive the liability of Iraq. On this, when there was no positive response from both, he attacked Kuwait, a weak neighbor in the military power.
On August 2, 1990, one lakh Iraqi soldiers attacked Kuwait and captured the entire country in a few hours. Due to this, the United Nations Security Council banned Iraq. At the same time, coalition forces led by the US attacked Iraq on 16 January 1991 and Iraq lost 28 February 1991. He had to retreat from Kuwait.
America attack on Iraq
The US once stood with Iran supported Iraq in the Iraq-Iran war. Then the Gulf stood against Iraq in the war. The reason was American interest. In the oil game, America kept changing again and again and in 1990, when Iraq attacked the backward Kuwait of America, even though it was defeated, America remained defeated by Iraq’s President Saddam Hussain.
In 2003, the US attacked Iraq by accusing him of supporting terrorism. The coalition forces were removed in Iraq. The US started Operation Iraqi Freedom on 19 March 2003, which was not supported by the United Nations on 19 March 2003 with forces of countries like Britain, Australia, Poland, Netherlands and Denmark. After this, on 13 December 2003, the US -led security forces caught Saddam Hussain and sentenced to death by the Iraqi court.
Saddam was hanged near Baghdad on 30 December 2006. Even after this, America did not feel full of mind and he camped in Iraq. After destroying Iraq, on 18 December 2011, the US completely removed its army from Iraq. Even though America has won in this war, nothing happened on the ground, as America wanted. A good country was definitely ruined.
The BBC has published a report quoting David Ferum, a speech writer of the then President George Bush. The US war against Iraq was first supported by Frum. However, later he wrote in an article that we felt that we are ready to improve Iraq. Actually it was not so. We were ignorant and arrogant. We became responsible for human pain in Iraq. This was really good for Americans nor for the people of Iraq nor for this region.
Afghanistan
America remained in Afghanistan too
After the horrific terrorist attack in the US in September 2001, the US attacked Afghanistan in October 2001. He believed that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and others are giving shelter to Afghanistan. In fact, there have also been allegations that America was the only one who gave birth to Laden. In November 2001, after attacking Afghanistan with the NATO army, the US rescued the capital Kabul and Taliban stronghold Kandahar. In December 2001, Osama bin Laden fled towards Pakistan and a new government was formed under the leadership of Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
In fact, it should be considered to be the end of war, but America did not do so and he set foot in Afghanistan on the pretext of chasing the Taliban. The President continued to change in America, but he could never completely eliminate the Taliban from Afghanistan. Finally, in August-September 2021, the US vacated Afghanistan. According to the US official data, the US had spent $ 822 billion on war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2019. That is, economically, America suffered a big loss. Then despite the presence of American and Noto soldiers, the Taliban attack continued in Afghanistan for 20 years and he captured the country as soon as America was removed and now he is ruled in Afghanistan.
US President Donald Trump.
These are due to American defeat
Carter Malakasian, who works in Afghanistan for US administration, has written a book, ‘The American War in Afghanistan-A History.’ In it, he has written that all the battle countries fought before 1945 were fought. Therefore, America always won those wars. The US suffered defeat in the later new era wars, because it faced local rebels. Even though these rebels were weak in military strength, they were more committed and motivated. Afghanistan is the biggest example of this.
Some alleged intellectuals argue that the US found Osama bin Laden and killed him but was caught in Pakistan. The claims of destroying Al Qaeda do not seem strong. It is meaningless to talk about ending the Taliban from Afghanistan. Colonel Gaddafi, dictator from Iraq and Syria to Islamic State, Libya, is also seen as the success of America, but in reality the US kept trying to serve its interests in the name of terrorism and could not tighten the terrorists. Even from Bengaji, Somalia and Sagon, he had to return on the lines of Kabul.
BBC Hindi wrote that Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Libya battles were quoted by the email interview of US foreign policy expert and professor Dominic Tireni at Selfish Mormor College. There is no guarantee of victory in these wars, especially when a country like America is facing enemies without knowing about local culture which are more knowledgeable at the local level.
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