> Of course, we wouldn't need to worry about an invading country if countries
> no longer existed, but as you point out, nation states are unlikely to die at
> the same time.
Okay, this bugs me. Whether a nation-state exists or not, don't you
still need to worry about war?
> There is no point in denying it, we will need to protect ourselves, when
> nations start to undergo death convulsions some may become downright nasty.
Do you think that that war is over forever once these death convulsions
cease?
> About
> half of the defense budget involves defending third parties in Europe, Japan,
> Australia etc for free (...)
Okay, this is more than I know, but I have to ask, does any
self-interested government do anything for free? I in particular feel
that nothing benevolent is done without an ulterior motive, conscious or
unconscious.
-- Hagbard CelineNot a clerk of the nostalgia of the declining ruling class.