Dan apabila dikatakan kepada mereka, “Janganlah berbuat kerusakan di bumi!” Mereka menjawab, “Sesungguhnya kami justru orang-orang yang melakukan perbaikan.” (Al Baqarah: 11)
Tidak perlu banyak, cukup ambil sampel yang paling dekat dan teraktual saat ini saja. Invasi AS ke Iraq dan Afghanistan dikover dengan dalih untuk membuat kedua Negara itu menjadi baik-baik saja. Padahal begitu banyak kerusakan dan kematian yang disebabkan oleh pasukan asing di Negara-negara itu.
Berikut ini data statistik keterlibatan AS dalam berbagai perang dan prahara di berbagai belahan dunia.
Abad ke-18
• American Revolutionary War, 1775 – 1783
o Boston campaign, 1775 – 1776
o Canadian Theatre, 1775 – 1776
o New York and New Jersey campaign, 1776 – 1777
o Saratoga Campaign, 1777
o Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 – 1778
o Western Theatre, 1775 – 1782
o Northern Theater, 1778 – 1781
o Southern Theatre, 1775 – 1782
• Northwest Indian War, 1785 – 1795
• Quasi-War, France, 1798 – 1800
Abad ke-19
• First Barbary War, 1801 – 1805
• War of 1812, 1812 – 1815
o Tecumseh’s Rebellion, 1811 – 1813
o Lake Champlain Campaign, 1812 – 1814
o Niagara Campaign, 1812 – 1814
o Detroit Campaign, 1812 – 1814
o Chesapeake Campaign, 1813 – 1814
o Creek War, 1813 – 1814
o Peoria War, 1813
o Southern Campaign,
• Second Barbary War, 1815
• First Seminole War, 1817 – 1818
• Winnebago War, 1827
• Black Hawk War, 1832
• Second Seminole War, 1835 – 1842
• Mexican-American War, 1846 – 1848
• Cayuse War, 1847 – 1855
• Third Seminole War, 1855 – 1858
• American Civil War, 1861 – 1865
o Union blockade, 1861 – 1865
o Eastern Theater, 1861 – 1865
o Western Theater, 1861 – 1865
o Lower Seaboard Theater, 1861 – 1865
o Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1861 – 1865
o Dakota Conflict, 1862
o Pacific Coast Theater, 1863
o Colorado War, 1863 – 1865
• Red Cloud’s War, 1866 – 1868
• Korean Expedition, 1871
• Modoc War, 1872 – 1873
• Red River War, 1874 – 1875
• Black Hills War, 1876 – 1877
• Nez Perce War, 1877
• Bannock War, 1878
• Cheyenne War, 1878 – 1879
• Sheepeater Indian War, 1879
• Ute War, 1879-1880
• Pine Ridge Campaign, 1890-1891
• Battle of Leech Lake, 1898
• Spanish-American War, 1898
• Philippine-American War, 1899 – 1913
Abad ke-20
• Boxer Rebellion, 1899 – 1901
• Banana Wars:
o United States occupation of Nicaragua, 1907-1933
o United States occupation of Honduras, 1907-1933
o United States overthrow of Guatemalan Government, 1907-1933
o Intervention during Panamanian Election, 1908
o United States occupation of Cuba, 1912
o United States occupation of Veracruz, 1914
o United States occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
o United States occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1917-1924
• Mexican Expedition, 1916 – 1917
o Battle of Ambros Nogales, 1918
• World War I, 1917 – 1918 (time span of U.S. involvement)
o European Theatre, 1917 – 1918
o First Battle of the Atlantic, 1917 – 1918
• Russian Revolution, 1918-1920 (time span of U.S. involvement)
o Polar Bear Expedition, 1918 – 1919
o American Expeditionary Force Siberia, Soviet Union, 1918 – 1920
• World War II, 1941 – 1945 (time span of U.S. involvement)
o Second Battle of the Atlantic, 1941 – 1945
o Pacific War, 1941 – 1945
o African Theatre, 1942 – 1943
o European Theatre, 1944 – 1945
• Korean War, 1950 – 1953
• Operation Blue Bat, Lebanon, 1958
• Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba, 1961
• Operation Powerpack, Dominican Republic, 1965 – 1966
• Vietnam War, 1962 – 1973 (time span of United States involvement)
o Laotian Civil War, 1962 – 1973
o Cambodian Civil War, 1969 – 1970
• Contra War, El Salvador, 1981-1990
• Invasion of Grenada, Grenada, 1983-1984
• Iran–Iraq War, 1987 – 1989
• United States invasion of Panama 1989 – 1990
• Persian Gulf War, Iraq, 1991
o Operation Desert Shield, 1991
o Operation Desert Storm, 1991
• Somali Civil War, 1992 – 1994
o Operation Provide Relief, 1992
o Operation Restore Hope, 1992 – 1994
• Yugoslav wars, 1994 – 1999
o Bosnian Conflict, 1994 – 1995
o Kosovo Conflict, 1997 – 1999
Abad ke-21
• War on Terrorism, 2001 – present
o Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan 2001 – present
o Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines 2002 – present
o Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa 2002 – present
o Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 – present
o War in North-West Pakistan, 2004 – present
o War in Somalia, 2006 – 2009
o Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara 2007 – present
(sa/ia)
