A great country cannot wage a little war.
Duke of Wellington
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All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
A great country cannot wage a little war.
Duke of Wellington
Oh, but we have. There are places in the 20th and 21st century where US troops have been in action that do not make the evening news. One was Colombia. Supposedly the CIA helped get Escobar. In reality it was a very classified unit above even Delta that has members from all branches of service. Another was in Nicaragua. Another in El Salvadore, and in Congo, and in several other areas of Africa and South America. Some of those campaigns were multi-year efforts. They are no longer classified, but they never made it on TV at the time and are… Read more »
I wonder if in his time they considered the clandestine stuff “diplomacy” instead of war. The Brits had the Great Game in India and the Middle East going on with Russia. They must have had their intelligence activities and brush fire activities.
A couple of the campaigns were fairly heavy. Lots of resources involved. More than just brush fires. One in Africa chased Che’ clean off the continent. We even had our own mini air force on that one.
I guess we must have outdone the Brits.