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I'd argue war is as common now as in the times of Machiavelli or Sun Tzu. Even after WW2 and only considering US boots on the ground, how many military conflicts have there been?

There are five major ones:

Korean War (1950-1953) Vietnam War (1955-1975) Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War (2003-2011)

If you count proxy wars, it wouldn't be such a stretch to say we've been fighting almost continuously since we dropped the bomb.




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