George W. Bush's slaughter of Iraqis is by no means America's first criminal war. It isn't even close to being the worst. America is a savage nation with a long history of criminal acts. Below are listed the 15 most criminal American wars. The whole list is much longer. Sadly, American governments, especially the Republican regimes, like killing and oppression. The American motivation for violence has generally been money. Americans will kill anybody for money. As a result, America has seldom been at peace. If it's not massacring Cherokees in Georgia to steal their gold, it's massacring Spaniards to steal their plantations or Iraqis to steal their oil or just for the fun of it. By far America's most criminal war was the Civil War. The mythology is that the Civil War was about slavery. It wasn't. It was an economic war of domination. The industrial North caused the destruction of half a million American lives in order to insure that it retained economic dominance over both the agricultural South and over poor white wage slaves. American students are habitually deceived with political propaganda and historical myth in place of education. Most American adults are simply ignorant. They neither know nor care about real history and they have no idea of how many wars America has fought or for what reasons. Republican warmongers rely on that ignorance. How else would they manipulate the masses to die in order to make the rich richer? Below I've listed the 15 most criminal American wars. I've included the approximate dates and I've graded how evil each war was. My evaluation is based on how much harm was done by the war, what can be said as a justification for the war, the war's cost in lives and money and any real benefits which flowed to the American people from the war. Of course, my principal consideration is one of ethics, morality. To Republican bigots "morality" means sexual pleasure, or really assuring that someone else doesn't have any. My use of the term is very different. It is simply wrong to kill, wrong to exploit, wrong to oppress; in short, it's wrong to be Republican. America's Most Criminal Wars Arranged In Declining Order With a grade for how evil each war was. The War Described Evil Grade Civil War 1861-1865; a war of economic domination. 100 Indian Wars (Western) 1850-1889; a war to destroy native Americans in order to steal their land and resources. 46 Vietnam War 1953-1975; a kind of national madness marking the beginning of the end of America as a great nation. 42 Korean War 1950-1953; a war of global economic domination to insure that Republican socialism prospered over Communist socialism. 39 Iraq War 2002-; a war to colonize oil-rich Moslem nations so the Christians could grab their oil and destroy their antiquities. 32 Indian Wars (Eastern) 1832-1845; including the Black Hawk War, the Seminol Tragedy, the Cherokee gold grab, etc.; wars to steal the land, assets and economic power of the Native Americans. 26 World War I 1917-1919; a war against Central European industrial and economic power to assure the financial supremacy of England and America. 25 Labor Wars 1869-1930; a long war against American workers waged by business and government to keep the workers poor, helpless and in serfdom - the archetype Republican oppression. This is how the Pennsylvania State Police started, as a troop to oppress mine laborers. 23 Civil Rights Wars 1955-1972; a long war against the rights and political and economic power of Afro-Americans. 19 Filipino War 1899-1902; a war to suppress the freedom of Philippine nations who threatened American wealth in its colony. 16 Spanish American War 1898; a war to snatch valuable and wealth possessions from Spain. It was provoked by the megalomaniac, William Randolph Hearst. 15 Mexican War II 1913-1919; a nasty little war to destroy the Mexican folk hero Pancho Villa and his Division of the North which threatened the wealth of big American cattle barons. 12 Grenada War 1983; a war by the insane Ronald W. Reagan to colonize a tiny Caribbean island for drug smuggling. 9 Persian Gulf War 1991; a war to assure supplies for big oil corporations in order to keep prices high. 8 Mexican War I 1846-1848; a war to steal Texas and its assets from Mexico. 2 The object of this little history lesson is that a good citizen doesn't blindly accept as true the things that his government feeds him. Be skeptical, investigate and think for yourself. If it's a Republican trying to convince you of something, it's axiomatic that it's a lie. Rebecca's Bargain Antiques Collectible Vintage Photos Fine Prints - Old Maps Sheet Music - Old Books Elegant Antiques and Collectibles "Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse" Adlai stevenson, 1952 You are welcome to use or republish any of our material. Please give www.prisoners.com credit as the source. 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