Not just common sense, but an historical fact.


ur republic's major wars and conflicts, along with each of their results for us and who was president and who controlled the House and Senate at the time, are shown below in the order of their conclusion.

Major Wars of the United States
Abbreviations   Results L – loss U – unclear (concluded under one or more of the following conditions: enemy wasn't totally vanquished, none of his territory was acquired or extensively occupied at the end of hostilities, he signed no formal surrender or permanent peace treaty, or the conflict resulted in a stalemate or a return to the status quo ante) V – victory (clear conclusion)   Parties D – Democrats, Iranians DR – Democratic-Republicans F – Federalists O – Others, Independents R – Republicans, Unionists W – Whigs
Result	War	President		Congress	House		Senate
V	War of 1812 18 Jun 1812 - 16 Feb 1815	James Madison 4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817	DR	Twelfth 4 Nov 1811 - 3 Mar 1813	108 36	DR F	30 6	DR F
				Thirteenth 24 May 1813 - 3 Mar 1815	112 68	DR F	28 8	DR F
V	Mexican-American War 13 May 1846 - 2 Feb 1848	James Polk 4 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849	D	Twenty Ninth 1 Dec 1845 - 3 Mar 1847	143 77 6	D W O	34 22	D W
				Thirtieth* 6 Dec 1847 - 3 Mar 1849	115 108 4	W D O	38 21 1	D** W O
V	Civil War 12 Apr 1861 - 9 Apr 1865	Abraham Lincoln 4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865	R	Thirty Seventh 4 Jul 1861 - 3 Mar 1863	106 42 28	R D O	31 11 7	R D O
				Thirty Eighth 7 Dec 1863 - 3 Mar 1865	103 80	R D	39 12	R D
				Thirty Ninth* 4 Dec 1865 - 3 Mar 1867	145 46	R D	42 10	R D
V	Spanish-American War 21 Apr - 10 Dec 1898	William McKinley 4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901	R	Fifty Fifth 15 Mar 1897 - 3 Mar 1899	206 134 16	R D O	46 34 12	R D O
V	World War I 6 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918	Woodrow Wilson 4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921	D	Sixty Fifth 2 Apr 1917 - 3 Mar 1919	210 216 9	D¹ R O	53 42 1	D R O
V	World War II 8 Dec 1941 - 2 Sep 1945	Franklin Roosevelt 4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945	D	Seventy Seventh 3 Jan 1941 - 16 Dec 1942	267 162 6	D R O	66 28 2	D R O
				Seventy Eighth 6 Jan 1943 - 19 Dec 1944	222 209 4	D R O	57 38 1	D R O
		Harry Truman 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953	D	Seventy Ninth 3 Jan 1945 - 2 Aug 1946	243 190 2	D R O	57 38 1	D R O
U	Korean War 25 Jun 1950 - 27 Jul 1953	Harry Truman	D	Eighty First 3 Jan 1949 - 2 Jan 1951	263 171 1	D R O	54 42	D R
				Eighty Second 3 Jan 1951 - 7 Jul 1952	234 199 2	D R O	48 47 1	D R O
		Dwight Eisenhower 20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961	R	Eighty Third 3 Jan 1953 - 2 Dec 1954	221 213 1	R D O	48 46 2	R D O
L	Vietnam War 7 Aug 1964 - 30 Apr 1975	Lyndon Johnson 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969	D	Eighty Eighth 9 Jan 1963 - 2 Oct 1964	258 176	D R	67 33	D R
				Eighty Ninth 4 Jan 1965 - 22 Oct 1966	295 140	D R	68 32	D R
				Ninetieth 10 Jan 1967 - 14 Oct 1968	246 187	D R	64 36	D R
		Richard Nixon 20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974	R	Ninety First 3 Jan 1969 - 2 Jan 1971	243 192	D R	58 42	D R
				Ninety Second 21 Jan 1971 - 18 Oct 1972	255 180	D R	54 44 2	D R O
		Gerald Ford 9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977	R	Ninety Third 3 Jan 1973 - 20 Dec 1974	242 192 1	D R O	56 42 2	D R O
				Ninety Fourth 14 Jan 1975 - 1 Oct 1976	291 144	D R	61 37 2	D R O
U	Persian Gulf War Desert Storm 15 Jan - 6 Apr 1991	George H.W. Bush 20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993	R	One Hundred Second 3 Jan 1991 - 9 Oct 1992	267 167	D R	56 44	D R
U	World War III Cold War 2 Mar 1946² - 25 Dec 1991	Harry Truman	D	Seventy Ninth		D		D
				Eightieth 3 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1948	246 188 1	R D O	51 45	R D
				Eighty First		D		D
				Eighty Second		D		D
		Dwight Eisenhower	R	Eighty Third 3 Jan 1953 - 2 Dec 1954		R		R
				Eighty Fourth 5 Jan 1955 - 27 Jul 1956	232 203	D R	48 47 1	D R O
				Eighty Fifth 3 Jan 1957 - 24 Aug 1958	234 201	D R	49 47	D R
				Eighty Sixth 7 Jan 1959 - 1 Sep 1960	283 153	D R	64 34	D R
		John Kennedy 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963	D	Eighty Seventh 3 Jan 1961 - 12 Oct 1962	262 175	D R	64 36	D R
		Lyndon Johnson	D	Eighty Eighth		D		D
				Eighty Ninth		D		D
				Ninetieth		D		D
		Richard Nixon	R	Ninety First		D		D
				Ninety Second		D		D
		Gerald Ford	R	Ninety Third		D		D
				Ninety Fourth		D		D
		Dhimmi al-Qarter 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981	D	Ninety Fifth 4 Jan 1977 - 15 Oct 1978	292 143	D R	61 38 1	D R O
				Ninety Sixth 15 Jan 1979 - 16 Dec 1980	277 158	D R	58 41 1	D R O
		Ronald Reagan 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989	R	Ninety Seventh 25 Jan 1981 - 23 Dec 1982	242 192 1	D R O	53 46 1	R D O
				Ninety Eighth 3 Jan 1983 - 12 Oct 1984	269 166	D R	54 46	R D
				Ninety Ninth 3 Jan 1985 - 18 Oct 1986	253 182	D R	53 47	R D
				One Hundredth 6 Jan 1987 - 22 Oct 1988	258 177	D R	55 45	D R
		George H.W. Bush	R	One Hundred First 3 Jan 1989 - 28 Oct 1990	260 175	D R	55 45	D R
				One Hundred Second		D		D
V	World War IV Enduring Freedom Iraqi Freedom Pers-Syrian Freedom Korean Freedom 18 Sep 2001 - ?	George W. Bush 20 Jan 2001 - 20 Jan 2009	R	One Hundred Seventh 3 Jan 2001 - 15 Nov 2002	221 212 2	R D O	50 48 2	R D³ O
				One Hundred Eighth 7 Jan 2003 - 7 Dec 2004	229 204 1	R D O	51 48 1	R D O
				One Hundred Ninth 4 Jan 2005 - ? 2006	232 202 1	R D O	55 44 1	R D O
* Hostilities ended before first meeting of new Congress. ** Peace treaty ratified during party's control of Senate. ¹ Coalition majority. ² See Michael B. Bishku, "Turkey and Iran during the cold war," Journal of Third World Studies, Spring 1999. ³ On November 5, 2002, Senator James Talent (R-MO) was elected, bringing to an ignominious end the Dhimmiqrats' 17-month, wholly undemocratic, childish, dastardly siege they laid against the American people's Senate.sources: The History Channel, The History Guy, Naval Historical Center, AmericanHeritage.com.

Historically, our nation wins a major war only when, throughout the hostilities, the same political party has a member as president and is democratically in control of both houses of our Congress. If this situation in any way changes before the end of hostilities, our side has no chance of emerging clearly victorious from that war.

Divided government may be preferable during peacetime. It's the very last thing we need when our country's trying to win a major war in which all our freedoms and America's survival are at stake.

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