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Finally, I would refer to Clausewitz; military alliances always serve political means. War is effectively another means of politics (Clausewitz's quote is often
by greedo 6y ago
Finally, I would refer to Clausewitz; military alliances always serve political means. War is effectively another means of politics (Clausewitz's quote is often mangled a bit). So if you would prefer no military alliance, you would first need to abolish all political alliances. No trade agreements, no environmental agreements, so on and so forth. What causes conflicts isn't military issues, it's political issues.
- runarberg 6y ago> So if you would prefer no military alliance, you would first need to abolish all political alliances. I think that is actually why there are international organizations, like the WTO, WHO, UN, International Criminal Court, etc. So political conflicts between nation states can be resolved peacefully. If no nation had an army every conflict between nations would have to be resolved peacefully. This Clausewitz quote—or this interpretation of it—is simply wrong.