The Stupidest War in History?

by **Free-for-all** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:54 pm

You've forget the dumbest one in at least American history. The War of 1812 shouldn't have happened. Before the U.S declared war Britian was going to stop all the issues that began the war. News traveled slowly, unfortunately. In the end both countries got their butts kicked by each other. The result: nothing but the U.S national anthem :shock:

by **Goobergunchia** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:54 pm

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by **New Sapienta** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:56 pm

Free-for-all wrote:You've forget the dumbest one in at least American history. The War of 1812 shouldn't have happened. Before the U.S declared war Britian was going to stop all the issues that began the war. News traveled slowly, unfortunately. In the end both countries got their butts kicked by each other. The result: nothing but the U.S national anthem

Pig war was stupider.

by **Great Agram** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:01 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Neumorgenland wrote:WW1. It lead directly to the collapse of European relavance and more than 100,000,000 deaths in fifty years, and it could have so easily been averted. Even in 1917 when Charles offered peace, everyone was too stupid to just pack up and go home. Fucking pointless war.

100,000,000 deaths in fifty years? And Charles who?

I think he refers to Charles I. of Austria nad his peace offer to the French.

by **Scandavian States** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:02 pm

30 Years War. It was basically a schoolyard brawl between Catholics and Protestants over petty economic issues with the only legitimate (if you can call it that) religious issue being the constant Jewish pogroms. That said, Gustavus Adolphus is still a god of war.

by **Seibertron** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:02 pm

War on Xmas

by **Farnhamia** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:03 pm

Seibertron wrote:War on Xmas

You win the interwebs.

by **Oceanic Vakiadia** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:05 pm

Not a war per se, and its reality is in dispute, but the Battle of Karánsebes is really stupid.

by **Caninope** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:47 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Caninope wrote:No, World War I directly led to the set of conditions needed for the Russian Revolution and helped create the opportunity for Hitler's rise to power in Germany.

Well, the hyperbole was unnecessary, then. I dislike hyperbole.

@Arch: Yes, I thought that might the Charles he meant. I hadn't heard of his peace attempt. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had to go if only because the Hapsburgs had started numbering their children. Prince Sixtus? Really?

That's Sextus, not Sixtus.

by **Caninope** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:49 pm

Bythyrona wrote:Sheer stupidity? The Falklands War.

Hate me for this, but the Vietnam War had a purpose at the very beginning. When it degraded into a mere war of attrition, though, it became the most useless war in American history.

It wasn't a war of attrition.

by **Wanderjar** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:52 pm

Scandavian States wrote:30 Years War. It was basically a schoolyard brawl between Catholics and Protestants over petty economic issues with the only legitimate (if you can call it that) religious issue being the constant Jewish pogroms. That said, Gustavus Adolphus is still a god of war.

It was much more than that. Thats such an over simplification of the conflict man

by **Acerbic** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:57 pm

Franco-Prussian War.

France declared war over a forged insult and got their asses kicked by Not-Yet-Germany.

by **Wanderjar** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:08 pm

Acerbic wrote:Franco-Prussian War.

France declared war over a forged insult and got their asses kicked by Not-Yet-Germany.

France was concerned that Prussia/North German Confederation would undermine their ambitions of a Franco-lead European hegemony, which is why they initiated the war. France was still the aggressor though, since they did invade and attempt to cross the Rhine into Prussia.

by **Dabtoria** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:17 pm

The pastry war! Fought between Mexico, Texas and France over a French baker whose shop in Mexico was looted. The French demanded compensation from Mexico and led to a short war, with Texas taking measures against Mexico to prevent Mexican smugglers trying to use Texas as a way of getting around French port blockades.

The war ended with the damages being paid to the baker.

by **Bythyrona** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:55 pm

Caninope wrote:
Bythyrona wrote:Sheer stupidity? The Falklands War.

Hate me for this, but the Vietnam War had a purpose at the very beginning. When it degraded into a mere war of attrition, though, it became the most useless war in American history.

It wasn't a war of attrition.

wut

Really? Maybe every history teacher/professor and Vietnam vet I've ever heard from has been wrong...

Westmoreland's entire strategy was attrition.

by **Mike the Progressive** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:00 pm

Bythyrona wrote:
Caninope wrote:It wasn't a war of attrition.

wut

Really? Maybe every history teacher/professor and Vietnam vet I've ever heard from has been wrong...

Westmoreland's entire strategy was attrition.

The War in Vietnam never had a purpose, and because the mission was so vague (to keep communism out), calling it a war of attrition would be false. Eisenhower merely wanted to maintain French control, Kennedy was only willing to help South Vietnam if South Vietnam was willing to help itself, Johnson escalated and declared war but never actually bombed strategic targets. It wasn't until Nixon that it began to resemble anything even remotely close to breaking them down, piece by piece. Prior to that it was one cluster fuck followed by another of incompetent commanders unsure of what to do, how to progress, etc.

by **Nouvelle-Albion** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:09 pm

The American War of Independence.

by **Jari Head** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:17 pm

Nouvelle-Albion wrote:The American War of Independence.

Explain, and make it good.

by **Graditora** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:18 pm

Oceanic Vakiadia wrote:Not a war per se, and its reality is in dispute, but the Battle of Karánsebes is really stupid.

God damn! I never thought war or even conflict could get that dumb! >:(

Nouvelle-Albion wrote:The American War of Independence.

Wrong!

by **Bythyrona** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:21 pm

Jari Head wrote:
Nouvelle-Albion wrote:The American War of Independence.

Explain, and make it good.

...and don't just say ZOMG LIEK TEH BRITUSH STUD IN LINEZ LOL.

by **Fedeledland** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:40 pm

Bythyrona wrote:
Jari Head wrote:Explain, and make it good.

...and don't just say ZOMG LIEK TEH BRITUSH STUD IN LINEZ LOL.

Maybe the fact that a bunch of Brit territories had far higher taxes, far less rights, no representation in Parliament, and still didn't whine and start rebelling about cups of tea? Yeah.

by **Guadalupador** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:42 pm

The Anglo-Iraqi War

by **Guadalupador** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:44 pm

Dabtoria wrote:The pastry war! Fought between Mexico, Texas and France over a French baker whose shop in Mexico was looted. The French demanded compensation from Mexico and led to a short war, with Texas taking measures against Mexico to prevent Mexican smugglers trying to use Texas as a way of getting around French port blockades.

The war ended with the damages being paid to the baker.

When did this happen? Lol.

by **Farnhamia** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:46 pm

Guadalupador wrote:
Dabtoria wrote:The pastry war! Fought between Mexico, Texas and France over a French baker whose shop in Mexico was looted. The French demanded compensation from Mexico and led to a short war, with Texas taking measures against Mexico to prevent Mexican smugglers trying to use Texas as a way of getting around French port blockades.

The war ended with the damages being paid to the baker.

When did this happen? Lol.

Never.

by **Mackleberria** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:47 pm

I'll put Vietnam in the ring as a pretty stupid war

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