Countries are run by old men and they send young men and women to fight their wars. I think the leaders should do their own fighting, only the leaders and their families.
I refer to this as the tyranny of the dying. People with one foot in the grave lashing out to assert their own irrelevance in the face of their own mortality.
Thailand is a military based monarchy. What this means is the king bribes the military every couple years not to depose him, and the military leaders get rich. The king also owns all the concrete business in Thailand, which is why he can afford the bribes, on the back of his own government giving contracts to ... himself.
The yearly/bi-yearly democratic uprising is mostly performative. The military would never allow their cash cow to be deposed.
And the fact that the Swiss Guards fought to the death during the French Revolution was because the French army sat in their barracks and refused to fight (until the tide turned against Louis XVI, at which point they joined the revolutionares)
This is something that could be solved if the UN just took it seriously. The core problem is an unclear border that was drawn back in the French colonial days, over a century ago, and there have been flare-ups over the disputed territory every decade or so since.
Until there's a clear undisputed border, the problem won't go away.
The border isn't disputed, it was settled in the Hague half a century ago. Thailand refuses to acknowledge the decision. They're just bullying Cambodia.
You are incorrect. The 1962 ICJ decision to which you refer resolved the question of ownership of the Preah Vihear temple and the promontory on which it is situated, but the decision did not address the entire disputed border.
One country is led by a dement old man who thinks the whole world can be managed as his own backyard or garden or the portion of street before his WASP house.
Regional conflicts are not WW3. It is concerning to see so many, but Ukraine vs Russia is the only one to keep an eye on, but I don't think it will escalate to anything crazy.
Nukes are actually a pretty good deterrent. If the poop hits the fan we won't be talking in 50 years.
Because of globalization, regional wars become global wars. It starts small, then it gets a little larger, then world powers get dragged in, and it all snowballs.
WW2 started as regional conflicts, and so did WW1 to a lesser extent. In either case though, it was exactly the mindset that “it’s a local issue, we’ll let it sort itself out” is exactly what let them boil over.
Germany got the head start it did specifically because of isolationist policy.
When Germany wanted Czechoslovakia, the world powers got together and said “what if we just give them in, maybe we can maintain peace” And we see how that turned out. The United States tried to stay out of the war for as long as it could, only offering financial support until Pearl Harbor.
Yet right now we’re seeing the same dynamic between the western powers and the Ukraine conflict.
Why are people ignoring those parallels and not getting it? No one wants this to blow up, but no one did 80 years ago either. No one thought it would, and then it did. What naivety or hubris do we all have thinking somehow we’re different when we’re doing the same things all over again?
There has been many regional conflicts since WW2 which have not escalated to WW3. No reason to think this time will be different.
Whatever happens in Thailand and Cambodia is outside my personal sphere of influence. There is no point worrying about something I cannot control. This either does or it does not escalate to WW3.
the US messed up on Ukraine. It needed to send ground forces and planes ASAP to defend it as past agreements called for in return for their denuclearization.
Biden was a coward though, unwilling to risk confrontation. Trump is probably the only US president since the 1920s that can be bought for a bribe.
The us never agreed to that though. We promised security assurances, which is a political action, not a militaristic one. To that end we’ve fulfilled our assurances in both supporting Ukraine initially and now brokering a peace deal
Germany Annexing Austria, then the Munich Agreement for Sudetenland before Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia anyways. Then the U.K. Only joined to protect Poland.
These started as “let them sort it out between them conflicts” and it escalated from there.
It was Hitler's plan all along to escalate and annex/subjugate anything he could. Of course, this is now hindsight, but it wasn't a conflict that "spiralled out of control".
Yet the circumstances, industry, and capabilities of nations surrounding both world wars were substantially different that it's not comparable to today's atmosphere. The nuclear arms race completely changed the playing field, not to mention the formation of large international alliances like NATO and the EU with mutual defense treaties.
We have been in the age of proportionate responses and proxy wars for decades now, and there have been numerous regional conflicts spanning those decades that have not escalated into a global conflict let alone a third world war.
I could be missing it since the world is kind of a powder keg right now. But no major powers can directly attack each other anymore since that means the destruction of the world. Europe should be handling the whole war in my opinion. Why is the US half way across the world supposed to keep Russia in check? Keep your own neighbors in check Europe.
I'm 99.99% sure Russia wouldn't start a nuclear war either. Putin is a horrible person, but he isn't actually dumb. He can't spend his riches if the world is destroyed.
Really Iran and North Korea are the only nations with nukes that I think may actually use them.
Agreed with Russian aggression since it is literally war and killing people.
China is a different beast. They are using economic means to grow there power. They are actively trying to gain power in Africa and many other places with their technology and infrastructure deals.
China is actually very smart. I don't support what they are doing, but since they are pretty much a dictatorship, they have the option to create future plans that can span decades. In the US we got different leaders that can't do much in 4 years. I still support our system, but our presidents have much less power than the CCP. I think Chinese EVs which have been planned for years could be a problem for the West. They control the resources and the manufacturing.
China isnt technically driving it yet, but they have a huge role with North Korea and them invading the country of Taiwan has the potential to be the biggest war by far since WW2
Good point. I hope it doesn't come to this. That is the biggest risk with China right now.
I really hope we are able to not depend on a single provider for high tech silicon chips. I don't see why the US couldn't make them considering how rich we are.
Honestly if China was a democracy, I don't think the west would give the effort to defend it. Its the 25m people with millions who are going to disappear that pushes it over the edge.
Not sure if there is any scenario but war that leads to Taiwan being free in the long run unfortunately. I think the US would be willing to give in to almost every demand, on the agreement Taiwan was free (At a minimum Taiwan would need to cede quite a number of smaller islands to China and a good chunk of their oceanic economic zone, along with a formal apology over the post WW2 governance and civil war. would need to agree not to host any foreign military bases
Taiwan could easily lead to a nuclear Japan and North Korea.
Battery tech can easily enough be stolen, the US doesnt advertise doing so, but it will also steal tech just like China does. its the labor cost and central consolidation of manufacturing that is harder to replicate.
If the US and Canada worked together, the Great lakes could be made into an economic manufacturing zone to rival that of the Pearl river delta.
Basically China has a huge manufacturing region with over 100m in close proximity. That has greatly reduced costs for different companies working together economically. Nearly anything you might need other than raw materials, you can source there.
I just can't see Canada being receptive to Trump knocking on Canada's door and selling a financial partnership. He'll probably roll out a map titled "Trump Economic Zone/51st State " while JD Vance is eating their cats and dogs.
Because of globalization, regional wars become global wars. It starts small, then it gets a little larger, then world powers get dragged in, and it all snowballs.
Due to MAD and other factors, the Cold War happened where the super powers avoided getting dragged into direct conflicts. Due to globalization, many of the major powers are deeply connected to each other economically as well as through crucial supply chains. If anything, the major powers will try to end the conflict more quickly.
WW2 started as regional conflicts, and so did WW1 to a lesser extent. In either case though, it was exactly the mindset that “it’s a local issue, we’ll let it sort itself out” is exactly what let them boil over.
The major powers have not directly fought with each other since then, and it's almost always proxy war or bullying some country other major powers are not backing up.
Many wars have happened and are still happening around the world.
The only ones with the potential to really spread are just the War in Ukraine and if China chooses to invade Taiwan and other countries choose to back them up.
Yup! Example on how regional conflicts can turn into World wars is Cambodia gets help from (country A), (country B) doesn’t like (Country A) so they start helping Thailand and just snowballs from their
Thats the problem with a destabilizing US foreign influence. Used to be we just gave a lot of countries a scowl and they would stop their open-aggression shenanigans.
When a bunch of regional conflicts erupt, it inspires other countries to go to war bc the world is distracted and also a general vibe that it’s a violent era. Regional wars also tend to spill out and drag more countries in. There is war in Europe, Thailand and Cambodia could easily drag in neighbors, the USA is looking like it gunna invade Venezuela, that’s war worldwide
I’ve seen this movie… can we just not do this? I know my scrawny little white American ass can’t do anything to change it, but can we advocate for no war? Like what the shit people. We’ve all seen how this story ends… with dead bodies.
Trump celebrated the peace agreement which was actually a temporary cease fire a little too early. But he always likes to celebrate victory in the first inning just like the golden age and $2 trillion in Doge cuts.
FIFA rules European clubs should pay for the bombs.
Thailand is deploying the 69th Pattaya Mongers Brigade
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Why not the CONCACAF, or the Major League Soccer?
Those organizations don’t give out peace prizes
Was this one of the wars trump stopped?
Yeah he got a FIFA Peace award for it. So much for the integrity of FIFA.
“FIFA”
“Integrity”
Two words I have never ever seen together (other than in the context that FIFA has none)
I always knew FIFA was scummy for many many issues, but creating a Peace Award? For Trump? That was NOT on my Bingo Card 2025.
Might aswell now put on my 2026 Card "Nobel Foundation awards XXX as best Goalkeeper of the Decade"
They gave a peace prize to Kissinger. I would hardly put that above them
Fair point!
wait u guys aren't kidding? that's a thing?
About the Peace Award from FIFA to Trump? Yup, it's real
I like how frequently people just admit the FIFA is corrupt.
I think legally they're not even allowed to share the same sentence for fear of opening up a black hole.
That implies fifa had integrity before
Or that it was an award that even existed before this week
FIFA made up the award just for Trump, they know he responds to praise.
We're going to find out if this counts double, or if we were mistaken to include it in the count before, or what
"stoping smoking is easy, i have done it 20 times" vibes
He received his shiny medal, he has lost interest in wars now
Yes. Somehow, I doubt you will see this news in MAGA circles that he didn't really end this war.
Orange man sucks
Lmao.
Every country that Trump has negotiated a "peace-deal" have been blowing one another up immediately after.
Countries are run by old men and they send young men and women to fight their wars. I think the leaders should do their own fighting, only the leaders and their families.
All wars ended today with this one weird trick!
Sadly not in the Middle East,
I refer to this as the tyranny of the dying. People with one foot in the grave lashing out to assert their own irrelevance in the face of their own mortality.
Alternatively, the young could just replace the few old in power.
Thailand is a military based monarchy. What this means is the king bribes the military every couple years not to depose him, and the military leaders get rich. The king also owns all the concrete business in Thailand, which is why he can afford the bribes, on the back of his own government giving contracts to ... himself.
The yearly/bi-yearly democratic uprising is mostly performative. The military would never allow their cash cow to be deposed.
Fools. They could just depose him themselves, take over the concrete business and government, and cut out the middleman.
That'd be work.
Where do you get this information ???? Military often pro monarchy you know that ???
Good option. Lets do that. French revolution style
Do you want an Emperor? Because that's how you get an Emperor.
The French revolution that was essentially a military uprising?
The Thai military are the government in Thailand, the King is just the guy who pays them not to overthrow him.
A lot of people do seem to forget that the French Revolution led to the reign of terror and then Napoleon.
And the fact that the Swiss Guards fought to the death during the French Revolution was because the French army sat in their barracks and refused to fight (until the tide turned against Louis XVI, at which point they joined the revolutionares)
And then they'd send other youngsters to war
“Why don’t presidents fight the wars?!
Why do they always send the poor?!”
-SOAD
"You depend on our protection, yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth"
Wow dude that was so insightful and new. I’ve never heard anyone say that before
Brother, google Carl Sagan. Watch and listen to his speeches. We are... so insignificant, but we maybe something if we try.
Do you have any original thoughts of your own?
me when I am enlightened by my own intelligence
/r/im14andthisisdeep
Did you come up with this?
Cambodia's leader doesn't want his son fighting, he wants him to be the next leader. It's cute that they call it a prime minister
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. literally has lyrics about this (im sure there's others but this one specifically has it as a chourus that is repeated)
Why don't presidents fight the war, why do they always send the poor?
This is something that could be solved if the UN just took it seriously. The core problem is an unclear border that was drawn back in the French colonial days, over a century ago, and there have been flare-ups over the disputed territory every decade or so since.
Until there's a clear undisputed border, the problem won't go away.
The border isn't disputed, it was settled in the Hague half a century ago. Thailand refuses to acknowledge the decision. They're just bullying Cambodia.
Not the like bombing a 7/11 had anything to do with it or the scam centers.
You are incorrect. The 1962 ICJ decision to which you refer resolved the question of ownership of the Preah Vihear temple and the promontory on which it is situated, but the decision did not address the entire disputed border.
Still, Thailand didn't accept the ruling.
One country is led by a dement old man who thinks the whole world can be managed as his own backyard or garden or the portion of street before his WASP house.
Young men and women need to do a better job of recognizing the tricks of old men.
This is basically the topic in War Pigs by Black Sabbath
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Just stop 1%er so cringe
In 50 years we'll be talking about how we were in WW3 and we just didn't know it yet
Regional conflicts are not WW3. It is concerning to see so many, but Ukraine vs Russia is the only one to keep an eye on, but I don't think it will escalate to anything crazy.
Nukes are actually a pretty good deterrent. If the poop hits the fan we won't be talking in 50 years.
You’re kind of missing how this all works
Because of globalization, regional wars become global wars. It starts small, then it gets a little larger, then world powers get dragged in, and it all snowballs.
WW2 started as regional conflicts, and so did WW1 to a lesser extent. In either case though, it was exactly the mindset that “it’s a local issue, we’ll let it sort itself out” is exactly what let them boil over.
It takes treaties for a regional war to become global.
Most countries go "not my issue, Good luck" or "I will sell you weapons".
Germany got the head start it did specifically because of isolationist policy.
When Germany wanted Czechoslovakia, the world powers got together and said “what if we just give them in, maybe we can maintain peace” And we see how that turned out. The United States tried to stay out of the war for as long as it could, only offering financial support until Pearl Harbor.
Yet right now we’re seeing the same dynamic between the western powers and the Ukraine conflict.
Why are people ignoring those parallels and not getting it? No one wants this to blow up, but no one did 80 years ago either. No one thought it would, and then it did. What naivety or hubris do we all have thinking somehow we’re different when we’re doing the same things all over again?
the US messed up on Ukraine. It needed to send ground forces and planes ASAP to defend it as past agreements called for in return for their denuclearization.
Biden was a coward though, unwilling to risk confrontation. Trump is probably the only US president since the 1920s that can be bought for a bribe.
Sure. Right after you sign up to to go fight
We messed up by avoiding a war with a nuclear power? Lol cmon now.
ikr redditors are always war hawks. so fucking brave and strong on the internet
The us never agreed to that though. We promised security assurances, which is a political action, not a militaristic one. To that end we’ve fulfilled our assurances in both supporting Ukraine initially and now brokering a peace deal
This is a selection bias. Majority of local conflicts don't end up in WW. But all the WWs started from a regional conflict.
It’s been 3 years since Ukraine. Soon, it’ll be 4. Still waiting for the global powers to get “dragged in”.
Huh? No.
What do you think China and Manchuria were?
Germany Annexing Austria, then the Munich Agreement for Sudetenland before Germany invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia anyways. Then the U.K. Only joined to protect Poland.
These started as “let them sort it out between them conflicts” and it escalated from there.
It was Hitler's plan all along to escalate and annex/subjugate anything he could. Of course, this is now hindsight, but it wasn't a conflict that "spiralled out of control".
What do you think Russia’s plan is?
Yet the circumstances, industry, and capabilities of nations surrounding both world wars were substantially different that it's not comparable to today's atmosphere. The nuclear arms race completely changed the playing field, not to mention the formation of large international alliances like NATO and the EU with mutual defense treaties.
We have been in the age of proportionate responses and proxy wars for decades now, and there have been numerous regional conflicts spanning those decades that have not escalated into a global conflict let alone a third world war.
I could be missing it since the world is kind of a powder keg right now. But no major powers can directly attack each other anymore since that means the destruction of the world. Europe should be handling the whole war in my opinion. Why is the US half way across the world supposed to keep Russia in check? Keep your own neighbors in check Europe.
I'm 99.99% sure Russia wouldn't start a nuclear war either. Putin is a horrible person, but he isn't actually dumb. He can't spend his riches if the world is destroyed.
Really Iran and North Korea are the only nations with nukes that I think may actually use them.
Major issues are Russian and Chinese aggression driving regional instability.
India-Pakistan
The entire Christian-Muslim border in Africa.
Outside of that most of the conflicts and potential are a lot smaller in scale, with relatively small death tolls.
Agreed with Russian aggression since it is literally war and killing people.
China is a different beast. They are using economic means to grow there power. They are actively trying to gain power in Africa and many other places with their technology and infrastructure deals.
China is actually very smart. I don't support what they are doing, but since they are pretty much a dictatorship, they have the option to create future plans that can span decades. In the US we got different leaders that can't do much in 4 years. I still support our system, but our presidents have much less power than the CCP. I think Chinese EVs which have been planned for years could be a problem for the West. They control the resources and the manufacturing.
China isnt technically driving it yet, but they have a huge role with North Korea and them invading the country of Taiwan has the potential to be the biggest war by far since WW2
Good point. I hope it doesn't come to this. That is the biggest risk with China right now.
I really hope we are able to not depend on a single provider for high tech silicon chips. I don't see why the US couldn't make them considering how rich we are.
Honestly if China was a democracy, I don't think the west would give the effort to defend it. Its the 25m people with millions who are going to disappear that pushes it over the edge.
Not sure if there is any scenario but war that leads to Taiwan being free in the long run unfortunately. I think the US would be willing to give in to almost every demand, on the agreement Taiwan was free (At a minimum Taiwan would need to cede quite a number of smaller islands to China and a good chunk of their oceanic economic zone, along with a formal apology over the post WW2 governance and civil war. would need to agree not to host any foreign military bases
Taiwan could easily lead to a nuclear Japan and North Korea.
I don't even want to think about what would happen if China takes Taiwan.
The US won't actually do anything if I were to bet. But it would be a bad thing for the rest of the world.
Lots of aggressive words will be exchanged, but it isn't worth it for the US to step in and stop it.
That's why we need to make these chips at home.
Battery tech can easily enough be stolen, the US doesnt advertise doing so, but it will also steal tech just like China does. its the labor cost and central consolidation of manufacturing that is harder to replicate.
If the US and Canada worked together, the Great lakes could be made into an economic manufacturing zone to rival that of the Pearl river delta.
I thought Lithium was a core element required? Are the Great lakes rich in Lithium? Or is there another tech I'm not aware of?
Basically China has a huge manufacturing region with over 100m in close proximity. That has greatly reduced costs for different companies working together economically. Nearly anything you might need other than raw materials, you can source there.
What does that have to do with the Great Lakes?
I just can't see Canada being receptive to Trump knocking on Canada's door and selling a financial partnership. He'll probably roll out a map titled "Trump Economic Zone/51st State " while JD Vance is eating their cats and dogs.
Nice thought though. In another era perhaps . . .
This would be after Trump though
Actually WW1 is the definitive prime example just some Balkan fuckery turned global
Due to MAD and other factors, the Cold War happened where the super powers avoided getting dragged into direct conflicts. Due to globalization, many of the major powers are deeply connected to each other economically as well as through crucial supply chains. If anything, the major powers will try to end the conflict more quickly.
The major powers have not directly fought with each other since then, and it's almost always proxy war or bullying some country other major powers are not backing up.
Many wars have happened and are still happening around the world.
The only ones with the potential to really spread are just the War in Ukraine and if China chooses to invade Taiwan and other countries choose to back them up.
Yup! Example on how regional conflicts can turn into World wars is Cambodia gets help from (country A), (country B) doesn’t like (Country A) so they start helping Thailand and just snowballs from their
Thats the problem with a destabilizing US foreign influence. Used to be we just gave a lot of countries a scowl and they would stop their open-aggression shenanigans.
Sometimes the scowl leads to invasion, resource-grabbing or government-toppling by hey that's ok
When a bunch of regional conflicts erupt, it inspires other countries to go to war bc the world is distracted and also a general vibe that it’s a violent era. Regional wars also tend to spill out and drag more countries in. There is war in Europe, Thailand and Cambodia could easily drag in neighbors, the USA is looking like it gunna invade Venezuela, that’s war worldwide
Won't be talking in 50 minutes even.
And Israel conflict?
Personally, been calling it since feb 2022. Never wanted to be more wrong but the world keeps going the way it is.
I’ve been of this opinion for nearly a decade.
Border skirmishes on one side, a civil war on the other side. Thailand has some lovely neighbors.
I’ve seen this movie… can we just not do this? I know my scrawny little white American ass can’t do anything to change it, but can we advocate for no war? Like what the shit people. We’ve all seen how this story ends… with dead bodies.
Well the peace medal has been delivered, so if there is a NEW war, well there is a chance for a new medal..
r/technicallythetruth
Trump celebrated the peace agreement which was actually a temporary cease fire a little too early. But he always likes to celebrate victory in the first inning just like the golden age and $2 trillion in Doge cuts.
Tromp: “I stopped zero wars”!
World leaders want the world to be at war because peace would show that they're useless parasites with tacky hats and boring robes.
But Trump got his FIFA Peace Price, and he stopped this war.
We’re gonna get WWIII before GTA VI
everyones taking the opportunity to bash trump and im just here trying to gleam some info off the comments.
🎶It’s a holiday in Cambodia🎶
Well it was a fun 72 hours of peace
Another war restarted. He probably bribed each country’s leader to stop. Take another from meritless yet endless list.
🎶🎶🎶🎶Highway to the TomYum Zone.......
Ah yes, the Nobel Prize for Peace for having stopped wars throughout the world, right
Can we have peace in a country, FOR FIVE MINUTES?!?!?
Once again the amarican president cause more war in the world. He only know war and lies and stealing resource for himself
I hate Trump too, but how exactly is America responsible for this?
He isnt but he did take credit for ending it
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This can’t be good for my upcoming vacation
To Cambodia?
Thailand and Cambodia actually, staying in phuket and siem reap
I wonder why people are downvoting us... weird sub. I never been to Cambodia, so I was curious.
Sounds like it's NOT a holiday in Cambodia
While trump won FIFA, Cambodia won the FAFO
Scambodia at it again!
Can we not please? I haven't played GTA 6 yet ffs
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