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Sounds like a pretty accurate representation of the human international politics, basically at every single point since recorded history has begun. This is not
by DocTomoe 5y ago
Sounds like a pretty accurate representation of the human international politics, basically at every single point since recorded history has begun. This is not "the worst thing that has happened since 1945", it's standard operating procedure.
What is shocking to many people is that aggression has not started from their home turf, and that this time, it's not some apparently underdeveloped people somewhere in Africa or Asia or the Middle East or South America, but a place in the middle of Europe that's on the receiving end.
- muzani 5y agoThere has been wars non-stop since 1945. It's only a crisis when you're supporting the underdog. Israel has been doing the same thing as Russia for decades.
- mkr-hn 5y agoNo wars, only special operations.
- muzani 5y agoI can't tell if that's sarcasm, because that's what Putin said too. Anyway, it's well documented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1945%E2%80%931989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1945%E2%80%93198... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1990%E2%80%932002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_1990%E2%80%93200... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_2003%E2%80%93present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_2003%E2%80%93pre... To quote Wikipedia: Merriam-Webster defines war as "a state of opened and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations". Lexico defines war as "A state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country". Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.