| ▲ | logicchains 5 hours ago | |
>Europe is imperfect but it has rejected the idea of war outside of itself. I don't think any European citizen would go to war with their neighbour. Just that is an amazing achievement. Not really. South American countries don't go to war with each other and they don't have a union. Nor do central American countries. | ||
| ▲ | triceratops 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> South American countries don't go to war with each other No? Here are some examples I found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian%E2%80%93Bolivian_War_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian%E2%80%93Bolivian_War_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_War You may argue these were all in the 19th century, and that is true. It's possible South America learned their lesson from the world wars. An alternative explanation is the presence of the US. It was never going to let another regional power roll up smaller states in the Western hemisphere so there was no point in being expansionist. | ||
| ▲ | cassepipe 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paquisha_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenepa_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_conflict And that's not counting the Falklands war because Britain doesn't feel like it belong in the neighborhood but it's still an invasion of sovereign territory out of nationalistic motives I'll grant none of those was a major conflict and that it's an interesting case but still. Maybe the fact that apart from Brazil, they have a language in common makes it harder to sell the neighbour as a foreigner ? What else could it be ? I am genuinely curious | ||
| ▲ | skylurk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It does get tense sometimes. | ||