This is a crazy world. Everyone should stay away from war

tgsovlerkhgsel 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If your neighbor decides not to, the only way for you to stay away from the war is to have weapons to kill them before they get to you...

(Of course, the best solution to an aggressive neighbor is to have so many weapons that they know they would die if they attacked, so they don't even try.)

It only starts to be a problem is when your government starts using those weapons in wars of aggression. Among Western democracies, only the US comes to mind...

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cramsession 12 hours ago | parent [-]

> It only starts to be a problem is when your government starts using those weapons in wars of aggression. Among Western democracies, only the US comes to mind...

Israel (which Germany is providing weapons to) does nothing but attack its neighbors. A good portion of the imperialist aggression coming from the US is also done on Israel's behalf. Germany is certainly complicit in this.

	▲	kameit00 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Did you really read documents about the history? Your wording suggests 'no'.

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ngruhn 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately that's the default state of the world. The comparatively peaceful post WW2 period was the weird thing.

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	▲	cramsession 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		We killed millions in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't think you can call it peaceful, more that "the west" exported its violence outside the borders of Europe and the US.

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cynicalsecurity 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Good luck staying away from war when someone else decides to attack you.