How many wars are currently in 'effect' in the world today?

Question

Although the definition of 'war' is questionable, how many 'official' wars are going on today?

Answer 1

Current Conflicts
Algeria Insurgency 1992 -->
Angola Cabinda 1975 -->
Burma Insurgency 1950 -->
China Senkaku Islands 1968 -->
China Spratly Islands 1988 -->
Colombia Insurgencies 1970s-->
Congo (Zaire) Congo War 1998-->
Georgia Civil War 1991-->
India Assam 1985 -->
India Kashmir 1970s-->
India Naxalite Uprising 1967 -->
Indonesia Aceh 1986 -->
Indonesia Kalimantan 1983 -->
Indonesia Maluku 1999 -
Indonesia Papua / West Irian 1963 -->
Israel Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000 -->
Israel Lebanon 2006 -->
Ivory Coast Civil War 2002 -->
Korea Korean War 1953 -->
Laos Hmong Insurgency 2000 -->
Moldova Transdniester 1991-->
Namibia Caprivi Strip 1966-->
Nepal Maoists 1996 -->
Nigeria Civil Disturbances 1997 -
Pakistan Baluchistan 2004 -
Peru Shining Path 1970s-->
Philippines Moro Uprising 1970s-->
Russia Chechen Uprising 1992 -->
Somalia Civil War 1991-->
Spain Basque Uprising 1970s-->
Sri Lanka Tamil Separatists 1983 -->
Sudan Darfur 1983 -->
Thailand Islamic Rebels 2001 -->
Turkey Kurdistan 1984 -->
Uganda Civil Conflict 1980 -->
United States Afghanistan 1980 -->
United States Djibouti 2001 -->
United States Iraq 1990 -->
United States Philippines 1898 -->
Uzbekistan Civil Disturbances 2005 -->
Yemen Sheik al-Houti 2004 -->

Please note that some of the dates denotes a continuous nation's presence in ongoing wars.

Answer 2

2 or 3

Answer 3

Official? Does that mean declared, like Afghanistan, or intentional acts of warfare, like Iraq, or what? Does it mean what we are calling war or what the homeless refugees in Darfur are calling war? How about the temporary neutral state of affairs in Korea. What about Bosnia, are we at war until our troops come home? What about occupying forces like we have in Japan and Germany. I'm assuming you don't mean the clandestine activity that we are performing in Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Bolivia? But what about the espionage that we are likely exerting on China?

Answer 4

Let's just start with the wars currently being fought by the US government:

The war in Iraq
The war in Afganistan
The war against Terrorism
The war against Drugs
The war against Porn
The war against Obscenity
The war against free thinking
The war against personal choices
The war against privacy
The war against economic parity
The war against regulations of corporations
The war against non-Christian religions
The war against free speech


Whew. No wonder we spend so little on education

Answer 5

1

The globalists, with the current highest power, and the civilian sheep cannon-fodder.

That's the only physical war that ever has taken place within the largest part of our CE time frame.

Answer 6

There are countless conflicts happening around the world right now.

Answer 7

Sunshine how lovely and cheerful.... WAR? how depressing.

Answer 8

I'm not sure.
But I'd be interested in IDENTIFYING the factions involved. I wonder which would be at the top of the list?
Maybe "Radical Islam"?,.. 'just wondering.
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