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Originally Posted by kash
Maybe because the EU is more relevent than WWI
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As war has always been fought for economic benifit orginisations like the EU though a pain in the Arthur at times have helped stave of little wars over resources. Germany in WW1 felt intimidated by the B.E's trade power. In WWII they wanted space to live, Japan wanted access to the resources of the Pacific. Iraq comes down in the end in some part to oil. Suez was an economic war which only ended because the USA used its economic weight to subdue it (black gold restricted). Soldiers died for the economics of the day so if lessons can be learned even if to some think its "ancient history" then those that sacrificed themselves for us can be remembered for what we gained.