Comment Re:Poor Title (Score 1) 829
The U.S. . . . hasn't had to fight a war on its own turf since the Spanish-American war.
Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to the U.S. by Spain at the end of the Spanish-American war, and as far as I know, none of that war was on land that was U.S. territory at the time. So it would be more accurate to say that the U.S. hasn't had to fight a war on its own turf since before the Spanish-American war, which supports your point. However, it might be possible to quibble about Pancho Villa in New Mexico and Texas, and the Japanese in Guam, the Aleutians, and of course, the attack on Pearl Harbor.