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| quote: | Originally posted by JudgeJulez
History of the entire world, mate. Did the Crusades solve anything? Did WWI, the "war to end all wars," end any wars? WWII? Korea? Vietnam? Gulf War episode I? Israel-Palestine? We just came out of the bloodiest century in the history of the world, lucky as it is, and it seems like we've learned nothing.
Now let's look at one instance where an explosive situation, MUCH MUCH CLOSER to home, also involving WMD and "arch-nemeses," came to a peaceful anti-climax: The Cuban Missile-Crisis in 1961.
There will always be causes for conflict in this world. Let's not continually add our fuel to their fire. Peace and diplomacy work. Wars don't. |
What about the expansion of the Greek and Roman empires? The Egyptian empire? Charlemagne's campaigns? European colonialism? The growth and expansionism of each of these empires has resulted in historical impacts on technology, culture, and growth. Yes there were negative aspects but you can't simply say a broad encompassing statement like "history" shows that all war accomplishes nothing and is bad. I'm not referencing Iraq in any way I'm just speaking on broad terms.
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