The Afghanistan war started because US blamed Afghans for 9/11 attacks
The Afghanistan war started because US blamed Afghans for 9/11 attacks
No. The US Congress passed two Authorizations of the Use of Military Force for Afghanistan and Iraq. This is lesser than a Declaration of War.
The war in Afghanistan seems to have been going on for the longest time. US soldiers were first sent into Afghanistan after the Russian pulled out of Afghanistan. The first US soldiers entered Afghanistan in 2001.
Truman.
There was no war when George Bush the 43rd President was elected. He started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq using 9/11 as an excuse when it was really about oil. His father also got us involved in the war in the Middle East, remember Kuwait?
The US invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to wage war on terrorism, as Afghanistan is a hub for terrorists. The US is not at war with Afghanistan, but is working with the country to fight terrorism and keep Afghanistan out of terrorist hands. The same ideology was behind the Iraqi War.
US Civil War 1861-1865. Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) 2001 to present. But there is a difference! The US Civil War was fought against an illegal nation; the Confederate States of America. But this "illegal nation" had a Government (President Jefferson Davis); an army and a navy. The US is not at war with the nation of Afghanistan; the US is performing a "law enforcement" action in Afghanistan arresting or killing (destroying) terrorists. The US is NOT fighting an army, air force, or navy of another nation. And is not at war with the country of Afghanistan.
84,000 US Soldiers are currently at war in Afghanistan
Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt was the US President when WW 2 started.
Hovering around the 1,000 mark.