Ireland and Yugoslavia were internal, Italy's war completely passed me by, and the Eastern Bloc weren't even in the EU.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 10:43, Reply)
I think those on the British mainland who were attacked or killed might disagree.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 10:45, Reply)
No.
Was the IRA et.al. acting on the instructions of either government?
No.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 12:08, Reply)
And Baader-Meinhof...and ETA...and OAS / FLN...
There are many good arguments for the EU, but the "70 years of peace" is disingenuous in the extreme. It ignores American nukes and cruise missiles, MAD etc., which pretty much guaranteed peace for the first 50 years or so of that.
States fight when it's in their interest. With luck, the collapse of the EU will lead to a new round of European wars, clear out the dead wood, cut down the population, lead to new scientific advances, send much of today's feckless welfare scum off to die as cannon fodder, and finally get rid of the epidemic of self-absorption that leads to such modern maladies as depression and gender fluidity.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 13:03, Reply)
I think you / your spawn should enlist if you think combat is so beneficial to the soul. Bin the tragic office job and the Mondeo, lose a few pounds, see the world
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 15:36, Reply)
"Oooh, I'm a bit unsatisfied with my life, and everyone else is having a better time according to their Facebook pictures" is a *bad* reason to be depressed.
Also, nowhere did I say combat benefited individuals, mongchops.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 18:54, Reply)
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 17:10, Reply)