WARHAWKS

 "Nation Building should start and end at home"

Citizens of the United States are not adverse toward settling disputes through battle. One may refer to our hawkish Warrior mentality and history.

The origin of the terminology "Hawk" dates back to U.S. advocates of the 12th Congress looking to wage war in 1812 with the U.K.

Congress was successful and the term has evolved within our lexicon to describe U.S. political aggression through diplomatic and military means. Conversely, one who advocates diplomacy as a means to avoid ‘Military Conflict’ is deemed ‘Dovish’ which alludes to a symbolic gesture of peace.

Here are some of the gruesome details of the Dirty Dozen results which epitomize America’s affinity toward War.

Our most recent war also has the distinction of being our longest war.

Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in response to the homeland attack of 9/11 which began in October of 2001.

The War in Afghanistan originally consisted of a specific agenda to rid the world of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.

It then targeted the supportive Taliban, which evolved into a counterinsurgency and ultimately a mission of “Nation Building”.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) includes soldiers from 42 countries with U.S. troops making up about half its force.

With troop withdrawal scheduled for the near future, the “Second Gulf War “evolved into the “Occupation of Iraq” and finally “Operation Iraqi Freedom”.

This continued military campaign began with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force predominantly consisting of the United States and the UK.

Fabricated claims of the existence of WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) opened the door for the U.S. to ‘liberate’ the People from the maniacal Dictatorial President Saddam Hussein.

After convicted of charges in the 1982 killing of 148 shi’ites he was sentenced to Death by

Hanging which was carried out on December 30th, 2006.

The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops that began 2 August 1990 was met with international condemnation. It brought immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by members of the UN Security Council. Coalition forces from thirty-four nations led the United Nations in an authorized war waged against Iraq. This war has also been referred as “the mother of all Battles”.