what is the only country that defeated united states invasion or war?

Question

is it Somalia?...if yes SAY IT out loud!!! dont be shy!

Answer 1

Vietnam. And in the future, Iraq.

Answer 2

Some people will dig to any depth to try to find a military defeat of the US. Problem is there isn't one.

Closest to it was Korea and even that was a political truce rather than a military defeat.

We left Viet Nam 2 yrs prior to it falling.

The Rangers and others defeated the Somalis. At a kill ratio of approximately 1:1000 and similiar odds on combatants, our battle could hardly be called a defeat. The politician who refused to give the battlefield commander the tools he needed to do a job he wasn't allowed to accomplish also pulled the troops out at the very time he should have been taking the leash off.

Lebanon was again a situation where we pulled out due to politics. We weren't defeated. We allowed bad ROE to cost lives.

The lesson of all of these is "Playing Fair" or "Playing Nice" is a good way to get troops killed. War is a case where it's 'all or nothing.' Don't hold back when someone is trying to kill you.

Further, NONE of these were an invasion. Korea, Lebanon, Viet Nam, and even Somalia all asked us to come help them. In two of the four, our primary mission was to keep the peace and protect the aid workers giving out free food and blankets. Tyrants don't like it when someone gives away the only thing they can hold over the population.

Answer 3

well, if it is a war then we have never been beaten. Vietnam was not a declared war but considered a police action even though we refer to it as the Vietnam War. Those who fought in it will probably differ with me. But the funding was not the same and there was no declaration of war. The War of 1812 was not lost by the brand new country of the US, in the end the British were defeated and left after the battle of New Orleans. Desert Storm was not lost and that one was not an American Invasion. It was fully mandated by the UN. It was a coalition of many nations including arab countries such as Syria, Kuwait, and Saudia Arabia. Clinton sent in a samll political force in to both Bosnia and into somalia. Both of which ended in failure. If you look at the record of Clinton and Bush, both presidents have sent us into 2 seperate conflicts during their 8 years in office. So who are the real bad presidents. Do we really want Hiliary?

Answer 4

Somalia, Vietnam, Cuba (US-backed invasion, the bay of Pigs), Laos, lots of small countries with terrorists as an army etc. etc.

Oh, you also invaded the entirety of Central America when they stopped selling you Bananas.

What, the "Arsenal of democracy" is overthrowing elected governments because they stopped selling you yellow fruit? OH NO!!!


Oh, you also lost against CHINA when you propped up a rebel leader who promptly died when the Chinese came to get him.

Oh, you also lost against RUSSIA during the "polar bear expedition" during the Russian revolution. You tried to stop them from overthrowing the Russian monarchy, but you utterly failed.

Oh, and IRAN when you tried to pull out some prisoners using special forces guys armed with sharp sticks and riding in junky helicopters.

Needless to say, that didn't go down well.

Oh, and LEBANON in 1983, where they drove you out by driving a large truck filled with bombs into the large US army barracks and killed everyone inside.

Oh, and the British. You tried to attack the Canadian colonies in the 1800's... But unforunately, American generals can be quite stupid, and they were outwitted by the British.

OH, and by the way, you should take a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_H._Smith

America murdered over a million civilians in the Philippines. Were you taught that in school?

Answer 5

The United States has never been defeated. No it was not Somalia. Nor Vietnam.

Answer 6

How do you win a war? By losing fewer soldiers than the other side? Do you lose if you pull away first? Are the costs worth the sacrife or was the sacrifice in vain? You must first weigh these facts and then come to a conclusion. I am a United States Soldier. I have seen war and it is not pretty. Yet this does not mean it is not necessary at times. Back your Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines no matter what. They fight so you dont have to. Dont take them for granted, please.

Answer 7

THE REAL TRUTH.. Is ourselves... We defeated ourselves by going to war with each other in the Civil War in the 1860's and still on going.. Wether its black and white, female and male, the blue colar and the politician, the immigrant and the U.S. citizen.. We rage these wars against ourselves and we divide the nation just as we did in the Civil War.

But the war we lost was the Civil War. We divided our own country, fought each other on our own soil, And while the north did win at that time - its safe to say that even now nothing was gained and the funny part is... This country was built on freedom and were killing each other with that same freedom we take for granted.

Though there maybe a different answer that you were looking for to that question, but not a better one..

Answer 8

I dont think its Somalia or Vietnam. US was asked for help in both. We just left. The only country we invaded without permission would be Iraq. That will be the first war we lost.

Answer 9

Viet Nam, Somalia, Lebanon.

Answer 10

more to the point what war has the united states won without allies. don't believe Hollywood check your history Winston Churchill wasn't;t American WWII the USA joined after they got slaughtered in pearl harbor by the Japanese Vietnam lol the french used the same tactics for a century and got fcuked as well so name a war the USA has won single handed and not including civil wars

Answer 11

The question itself is erroneous. None of the 'conflicts' involving the US that have occured in the second half of the twentieth century can be described as 'war' nor 'invasion' in the truest sense of the terms.
If you find yourself doubting the previous statement, I would suggest asking your average citizen of Dresden or Tokyo who happened to be around in 1944 or 1945. I believe that they may be able to give you a reponse as to what it feels like to be leaned on (really leaned on) by the States. I doubt their response would be as self-aggrandising as yours.