What’s All the Fighting For?

@AnonymousBecause US is an ally and not a party – American forces are not deployed at the places you have (not) pointed out. That China supplies arms to Pakistan which are eventually supplied to Kashmiri militants does not make China an involved party.

psedo-data…..(bush adm. had a hand in it ) ;=) 

interesting latitude patterns…

Glib.Most world conflicts come down to access to water. Religion, politics, etc. are just window dressing.Drugs?…gotta grow ‘em.Gaza?…Look at a map.Sometimes is IS just for control (read- profit), but most conflicts are essentially over water.Just a thought….not a claim of absolute truth.

Agreed with the above. D From Holland

Israel should definitely have a US involvement tag given the US gives Israel $2.4billion in military aid each year. See http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3415479,00.html

What about WW1 and WW2?

“What about WW1 and WW2?”I’m pretty sure WWI and WWII aren’t currently erupting.

this map is actually pretty biased and misleading. if we are going back to 1784, i think you’d have a hard time finding a country that wasn’t involved in a major international conflict (even Canada would have fought a war with the US during this time period.) So the rationale behind choosing these particular conflicts seems quite arbitrary, yet blatantly suggests that the majority of conflicts take place in the global south.

everywhere in some way shape or form has been marred by the states.

I think they are only talking about current conflicts, world war 1 and 2 are over. Some conflicts have been going on for hundreds of years.I do think the US is heavily involved in more of the middle east wars. Maybe not directly but they definetly have an agenda there and will play a key role in the outcomes.

must be the HEAT making people CRAZY, as it all takes place around the Equator XD

What conflict is erupting in Turkey? Besides there is a permanent war condition between Armenia and Azerbaijan in that region. Where is that conflict on the map?