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It's always curious to come across Wikipedia articles of military actions of which I wasn't aware. It reminds me how low the historical bar has been for physica
by ethbro 11y ago
It's always curious to come across Wikipedia articles of military actions of which I wasn't aware. It reminds me how low the historical bar has been for physical violence in pursuit of geopolitical goals.
- emodendroket 11y agoAs opposed to today, when that is unheard of, I guess.
- lisivka 11y agoAt least two wars right now: in Ukraine (Russia occupied Crimea and part of east of Ukraine), and in Syria.
- emodendroket 11y agoThere are wars in many places, yes.
- ethbro 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict... Maybe I would more accurately say "... reminds me how low the historical bar has been for physical violence by first world countries in pursuit of their own geopolitical goals." Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq are absolutely attributable to same, but I'd say there probably hasn't been a solid decade where the Lebanon-Pakistan corridor of countries hasn't had some kind of armed conflict (setting Israel aside even). Other than that, most of what I see seems to be civil war.