The war on Afghanistan was in response to Saudi Arabia attacking the US on 9/11. As Obama’s released documents showed, the US government knew that it was Saudi Arabia, but likely due to business reasons, Bush/Cheney decided to attack other Middle Eastern countries for their oil instead and call it a War on Terror ™.
The Department of War was its original name. I’ve always thought it to be a more honest name than the Department of Defence.
When was the last defensive war the US fought?
Afghanistan is arguable, but it was primarily to prevent terrorism.
primarilyOstensibly.
Nominally.
Well they didn’t go over Afghanistan for the oil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States
The war on Afghanistan was in response to Saudi Arabia attacking the US on 9/11. As Obama’s released documents showed, the US government knew that it was Saudi Arabia, but likely due to business reasons, Bush/Cheney decided to attack other Middle Eastern countries for their oil instead and call it a War on Terror ™.