Talk:US military interventions

POV tag
I put the POV tag myself, preventing other people to do it ;). I ask everybody who works on the article to help to balance the discussion. Thank you. Ben T/C 21:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I moved the POV tag to the top where it belongs. I also don't see the point of the article, as all these wars are covered extensively on their own pages.
 * Right now as you realize this is hopelessly POV (references limited to Chomsky and Moore, etc.). Also the title is misleading as US military interventions date to at least Jefferson and the Barbary Coast, while all I see here is a rehash of Iraq. I have a feeling this will end up on AFd. --JJay 00:39, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I share your worries about hopelessly POV, but I don't agree that everything is already extensively covered in other articles (at least I don't know where). There are several articles on the particular interventions/invasions and there is a list of invasions, but an article that discusses several of the recent interventions doesn't exist. I see your point with the references, of course. I'll think about some way to balance it. One of the external links, BTW, shows a list of interventions from wounded knee until now. Ben T/C 05:38, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Once again, I fail to see where you want this article to go. The title is vague, since you seem to intend an examination beginning with the Korean war (which btw had a UN mandate). In that case the title should make that clear. If you have points to make regarding the individual interventions, they should, in my view, be added to the individual pages. The connections between the wars/interventions cited are tenuous at best and seem arbitrarily chosen. For example, why is Beirut, Somalia, Haiti, the Kosovo War and, most importantly, the first Gulf War excluded?

If the focus is on imperialism, then History of United States imperialism would seem the proper venue. Also see Military history of the United States. --JJay 14:43, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


 * You are right, of course. I put a redirect here to History of United States imperialism. Thanks for your hints. Ben T/C 16:01, 26 October 2005 (UTC)