what two countries is the us at war with?
War in Afghanistan
neutral
 = = Conflict with the United States = = 

contradiction
 The United States still considers the mutual defense aspects of its treaty active for Australia , France , New Zealand , Philippines , Thailand , and the United Kingdom . 

neutral
 The U.S. exercises full international defense authority and responsibility for three sovereign nations through Compact of Free Association with Micronesia , the Marshall Islands and Palau . These are Pacific island nations , once part of the U.S.-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands after World War II , which gained independence in subsequent years . 

entailment
 The US is threatened by ballistic missiles tipped with biological or nuclear payloads from China , Russia , Iran , Iraq , and North Korea . Iran and North Korea could develop the capability to strike the US within five years of a decision to pursue ballistic missile technology ; Iraq would require ten years . 

contradiction
 United States officials moved thereafter to expand containment into Asia , Africa , and Latin America , in order to counter revolutionary nationalist movements , often led by communist parties financed by the USSR , fighting against the restoration of Europe 's colonial empires in South @-@ East Asia and elsewhere . In the early 1950s ( a period sometimes known as the " Pactomania " ) , the US formalized a series of alliances with Japan , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand and the Philippines ( notably ANZUS in 1951 and SEATO in 1954 ) , thereby guaranteeing the United States a number of long @-@ term military bases . 
