Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
by tsimionescu on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:20AM
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Was America a war torn region before the states united? As far as I know, not by a long shot.
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Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
by amanaplanacanal on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:25AM
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Quite a bit of genocide occurred in the territories, but most of that calmed down before they reached statehood.
Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
by tsimionescu on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:22AM
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The genocide and marginalization against the native population continued well after the union, as far as I know.
Did the creation of the EU stop some war in Western Europe?
Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
by tsimionescu on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:29PM
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That is commonly believed, yes - it has brought together countries that had been in a bitter war less than 50 years earlier, and may well have preserved the peace.
Pure speculation. Just like the states haven't had a war because they're the United States. Imagine if the states would have become independent countries. I can imagine the endless warfare. Nobel in Peace as clearly deserved as the European States.
Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
by tsimionescu on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:25AM
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Sure, it's all speculation, not claiming otherwise. But this can be said about any historical event that was "prevented" - by definition, it didn't happen, so we can only assume that it could have happened if something didn't stop it.