Sidhe's criteria for judging effects of war in 20th C ranked by Birdjaguar
Negatives:
1)loss of human life, totals either side
2)Misery caused by starvation, poverty, disease and lack of housing, knock on effects
I would not rank at all:
financial loss, loss against investment if you want to be mercenary Someone's loss is another's gain and mostly this impact effects the rich anyway
Hateful relations between the two countries for the next x years Of no consequence unless it causes 1 or 2 above.
5)propaganda especially racism and attempted genocide Repeats 1 or 2 above
6)Religous hypocrisy Not a net result of war; it is always around.
7)world opinion of invading country suffers So what? Opinions of nations ebb and flow all the time with or without war
9)escalation in terrorism The cold war produced a climate of political competition between communism and the west; Arms trade fed the fires. Terrorism adds to world misery should be included in 2 above.
people become fiercly partisan against war and governments lose face
Positives
1) stalemates result in nuclear proliferation Kept nukes from being used in war again for 61 years and counting.
2)topling of dictatorships Stopped persecution of minorities by Germany and ended Japanese invasion and subjegation of China and South Asia.
Lesser positive impacts
3)lack of military build up in defeated countries resulting in prosperity in the long term Offset some of prior misery and deprivation
4)technological advancement Offset some of prior misery and deprivation
5)the UN Has a debateable record of reducing misery and poverty and furhter war
How's that? Totally subjective too!
Negatives:
1)loss of human life, totals either side
2)Misery caused by starvation, poverty, disease and lack of housing, knock on effects
I would not rank at all:
financial loss, loss against investment if you want to be mercenary Someone's loss is another's gain and mostly this impact effects the rich anyway
Hateful relations between the two countries for the next x years Of no consequence unless it causes 1 or 2 above.
5)propaganda especially racism and attempted genocide Repeats 1 or 2 above
6)Religous hypocrisy Not a net result of war; it is always around.
7)world opinion of invading country suffers So what? Opinions of nations ebb and flow all the time with or without war
9)escalation in terrorism The cold war produced a climate of political competition between communism and the west; Arms trade fed the fires. Terrorism adds to world misery should be included in 2 above.
people become fiercly partisan against war and governments lose face
Positives
1) stalemates result in nuclear proliferation Kept nukes from being used in war again for 61 years and counting.
2)topling of dictatorships Stopped persecution of minorities by Germany and ended Japanese invasion and subjegation of China and South Asia.
Lesser positive impacts
3)lack of military build up in defeated countries resulting in prosperity in the long term Offset some of prior misery and deprivation
4)technological advancement Offset some of prior misery and deprivation
5)the UN Has a debateable record of reducing misery and poverty and furhter war
How's that? Totally subjective too!
