>> There is a saying that "there has never been an armed conflict between two nations that both had a McDonald’s". Russia has broken that, but that is case wher

>> There is a saying that "there has never been an armed conflict between two nations that both had a McDonald’s". Russia has broken that, but that is case where the exception proves the rule. That was from a 1999 book by Thomas Friedman. "Shortly after the book was published, NATO bombed Yugoslavia. On the first day of the bombing, McDonald's restaurants in Belgrade were demolished by angry protesters and were rebuilt only after the bombing ended. In the 2000 edition of the book, Friedman argued that this exception proved the rule" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace#Golden_arches_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace#Golden_arches... You also have the Russo-Georgian war, Russia's seizure of Crimea, and various other conflicts depending on your definition of war - US invasion of Panama, conflict between Israel and Lebanon, the Kargil War. In general, if you are relying on something Thomas Friedman said for your argument, you are almost certainly wrong.