byTrump’s reported comments about the dead soldiers of World War I as “suckers” and “losers” has caused a well-deserved uproar. World War I was no exception. The American Revolution/War of Independence, the Civil War and the Second World War in which the US was attacked can be justified in one way or another, though not 100 per cent so. It wasn’t until after another world war that colonial independence movements achieved much success, often after brutal liberation wars. These US deployments, including units that were transferred to Siberia from anti-insurgency operations in the Philippines, continued for two years after the First World War had supposedly ended.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 11, 2020 08:48 UTC