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> keeping the peace between European nations for decades It really doesn't do anyone any favours to make claims like this; the breakup of Yugoslavia and the as
by mootothemax 10y ago
> keeping the peace between European nations for decades
It really doesn't do anyone any favours to make claims like this; the breakup of Yugoslavia and the associated genocides were hideous:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_Yugoslavia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_Yugoslavia
(cards on table: I'm very pro-EU)
- sgift 10y agoYugoslavia wasn't part of the EU, so it doesn't apply here. Fact is no EU country attacked another EU country since the EU (and its predecessors) came into existence. Before that time the same countries attacked each other on a fairly regular schedule.
- MagnumOpus 10y agoAnd they weren't EU countries, were they?