== What is a "War" for the purposes of this article? == 

 I am interested in having a discussion for the purpose of this article on what really should be in this article and also be in Timeline of United States military operations and what should just stay there. For example I don't think that the any of the incidents in the gulf of sidra qualify as wars but Operation El Dorado Canyon does because it was an actual campaign and not just an incident with 2 migs or a conflict between the US navy and Libya that happened. The page as I see it does not serve the same purpose of the Timeline of United States military operations but as a listing for only wars and not just military operations. -