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[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So last night we were talking about state quarters and presidential dollars and stuff and I said:

"You know what would be great? Quarters commemorating every country the US has invaded. The Japanese quarter would be AWESOME! A big mushroom cloud with BOOM! in comic lettering."

But it got me thinking: What foreign country have we invaded the most? By invasion, I mean we sent in US military troops/assets against the wishes of the ruling government and either removed said government or killed people/broke its stuff.

Like, Germany we've invaded twice, Iraq we've invaded twice. I'm not sure if there's someone we've invaded 3 times. I thought maybe Libya, but during WWII I'd be hard pressed to say it wasn't a German/Italian-controlled sector and thus counts as part of a larger invasion against them.

Any thoughts? Anyone we just love to invade?

later
Tom

Comments

[bluegargantua]

Yeah, my only question about Mexico is if sometimes we're actually invading Spain. But it was my leading guess.

later
Tom

[spiritseeker.livejournal.com]

At the point of the Mexican-American war, it was a separate nation from Spain. Much to it's chagrin when 20 years later it was invaded by France.