z64dan on 14 December 2007
| famousringo said: I assume you're referring to the World Wars and the centuries of relatively low-key conflicts that preceeded it. Those wars are one of the principle driving forces behind the EU. Europe witnessed first-hand the devastation of total war on a scale which is little more than an academic concept in the rest of the world. Children in Europe grow up surrounded by war memorials and unexploded ordinance. The EU is meant to ensure that such an event doesn't happen a third time. The purpose is to build as many links of understanding between European nations as possible, to develop a network of co-dependancy and tolerance that would make military conflict within the EU incomprehensible. |
Reminds me of the USA right before the Civil War.
