PODCAST: America’s Legacy of Death and Destruction
Throughout the entire history of the United States of America, there have been a mere 15 years when the nation was not engaged in some form of warfare. These conflicts have varied in scale and scope — ranging from major world wars to regional skirmishes, from battles fought on vast oceans to those waged in small rivers, across arid deserts, through dense jungles, and even in the skies above. The United States has participated in them all. This is not an exaggeration but an undeniable historical fact.
Why is it important to discuss these historical truths today? Because the patterns of aggression and conquest that defined America’s past persist in the present. The United States continues to engage in military interventions, economic coercion, and political manipulation across the globe.
It is important to examine these historical realities not as an indictment of the American people, but as an essential exercise in understanding the global impact of the United States from its inception to the present day. A nation’s past informs its present and future, and without acknowledging historical truths, there can be no meaningful progress.
