[OT] Military (non-political) discussion of Iraq war

[Loser]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
I'd like to see the tank become obsolete. Not because we found a more efficient means to kill each other, but because we found ways to not need to kill each other in the first place.

Geoschmo

Well I have some good news for you Geoshmoe. It comes in two stages.

1. Democracies do not make war with each other. Of course, we don't really have any real Democracies (thank goodness), but these close approximations of Democracies don't make war with each other either.

2. Following Industrialization and Urbanization all countries move toward Democracy and greater degrees of civil liberty. Now, unless you're talking about a frontier-minded, New World country, you might not get everything these wacko Americans think of as civil liberties (guns? for everyone? yeah, that's a great idea!), but not every country needs that chaos.

So, take heart. It might take a while, but humanity is making progress.

On an odd note, Industrialization and Urbanization also lead to falling birthrates. This has progressed in some counties, like the US, to the point where population would be declining, if it weren't for incoming immigrants from relatively un-urbanized countries.

I'm not sure how that works out, but humanity seems to be making progress of some sort. Horay for our team.