Has the USA ever lost a war?

[HangFung]

Be interested in everyones comments

was Iraq a win?

 

[DNoonan]

not sure there were any true winners in that (and most) wars

 

[Willie99]

we lost Vietnam

and both Iraq and Afghanistan are trending for the worse

if our long term objectives are not met, it's a loss

of course it's politics, not the military, that failed us

 

[akphidelt]

The Confederates got their ass whooped and they are technically part of the USA... even though they shouldn't be. But aside from that, we've lost our policing efforts. Definitely haven't lost any necessary war pivotal for our safety.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

World War 2 was for all the marbles. US won but later regretted it. Still feeling the effects today. Afghanistan and Iraq are wins. The problem is we should have just let Saddam kill his own people and just keep an eye on him like we do Iran. Saddam knew it was over before it started but couldn't look weak to his own people. Kinda like North Korea. They know they cant win but they will say stuff so their people think they are this big bad beast. And Afghanistan is not really a country, it is a gang of neanderthals across a vast region mixed in with regular merchants. Al queda, Isis would still exist if Afghanistan didn't.

 

[5teamparlay]

The liberals have completely lost the war on poverty - a complete and total disaster.

 

[akphidelt]

The liberals have completely lost the war on poverty - a complete and total disaster.

#RWTW

 

[TomGshotput]

War on Drugs?

 

[StevieRay]

Should have atomic bombed north Vietcong also at start. Been much shorter and over.

 

[CarolinaKid]

we lost the war on a real president 7 yrs ago due to all the free programs people want to live off

 

[3peet]

Vietnam.

 

[5teamparlay]

#RWTW

LMAO- apparently the streets are safe now.

 

[scottcarter]

we lost the war on a real president 7 yrs ago due to all the free programs people want to live off

Reagan left office in 1988 I believe. That was more than 7 years ago.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Who will the next US war against? It won't be North Korea. They know better.

 

[Willie99]

War on Drugs?

the dumbest war of all, and probably the most costly when you consider court and incarceration costs

as dumb as prohibition

 

[jensinc]

The War of 1812

 

[akphidelt]

we lost the war on a real president 7 yrs ago due to all the free programs people want to live off

Shouldn't you be working right now? My Obamaphone don't pay for itself!

 

[CarolinaKid]

^^^ i retired yrs ago sir, just chilling out now at home for a couple of days before heading to fla on sunday

 

[wilbur]

the dumbest war of all, and probably the most costly when you consider court and incarceration costs

as dumb as prohibition

+1

 

[The Guesser]

Since WWII- The Big stuff
Korean War- At Best, a Draw.
Vietnam War- A pathetic Loss
1993 Gulf war- A Victory, in the last Focused War we were involved in. The smart Bush laid out an objective(Getting Iraq out of Kuwait), met the Objective, and got the hell out. A model for how an effective leader gets in, and out, of a War.
Iraq war- A pathetic Defeat. Handed over the biggest Middle Eastern deterrent to Iran, right to Iran, created Terrorist Groups(ISIS, etc) that didn't exist. Obama foolishly got us re-involved, refusing to learn from history.
Afghanistan war- A Pathetic defeat, that Obama cannot extricate himself from.
Drone War on Whomever in the Middle East- A Pathetic defeat that creates many more new terrorists than those it destroys, not to mention the innocent people on our side that it kills.