Opinion Why are there no wars in the Americas ?

[SammyPops]

cause we are better at being good humans

 

[Blayt7hh]

Well… there’s lots of Drug Cartel wars

There is but it’s not like a Cartel from Peru is going to be able to try and conquer Chile or take and hold significant portions of its land

 

[Otto!]

South and central America have their own problems with drugs and internal conflicts.

 

[nhbbear]

Just my thoughts, but North America (at least US) has a very formidable military

 

[Andy Capp]

cause we are better at being good humans

 

[jx820]

There are a number of reasons.

The Monroe doctrine. To paraphrase, James Monroe said that European interference in the political affairs of the western hemisphere would be treated as a potential threat to the United States. The monroe doctrine was the basis for the US blockading Cuba during the missile crisis. As political manuvers go it's a very dick swinging move and not something we'd tollerate from anyone else (we meddle all over the world). It's also a much bigger threat today than it was in 1823 (i think) when it was introduced if not because we are now the most powerful nation on earth, then because an attack on the US ropes all of NATO into the fight.

Political upheaval in the the US, Mexico, and Canada have been staved off by generally good economic conditions internally and with each other. You generally don't have revolutions from well fed people with stable jobs and you don't fight with your key trading parters.

With the US disallowing outside hostilities and the big players being very stable (overall if not on a micro scale) you really only get smallish fights between smallish players. Civil conflicts or things like DR and Hati bumping heads in the past.

Lastly, No one on Earth has the ability to attempt to take a fight to the US on a large scale. An attempted invasion of the North American mainland would end in crushing defeat. We have tactical superiority by land air and sea, and even if an enemy managed to make landfall in the US defeating the combined military aparatus of the NATO forces and the US military with a home field advantage, they'd be met with a populace of 300 million people with 400 million guns. Suburban police dapartments with armored vehicles, and tanks FFS.

Currently the biggest threats to the security of the west are the Cartel wars going on in Mexico, or the potential of a dramatic escalation of militarization at the Mexican border. I don't think either is a major threat at the moment, but things can change rapidly.

 

[lifelessheap]

A gun behind every blade of grass.

 

[BlankaPresident]

I don't think many south american countries are willing to lose 60% of their population like it happened in the Paraguayan War.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Just waiting for Canada to make the first move.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

If you are talking about Canada and US having a war. It will never happen, were too close of countries in terms of relationship. We are very similar in many ways.

I'm not to sure but we're probably #1 trade partners for both countries. And we have the longest undefended border.

 

[TheGreatA]

Pax Americana.

To be honest, it feels like the drug gangs have better military capabilities than the actual armies around those regions. They don't really have time to worry about their neighbours, they have enough problems trying to deal with the local thugs.

 

[Teppodama]

We are also the only nation to have actually used nukes on a foreign nation. There is a certain psychological element to that because we have set a precedent.

 

[ROcknrollracing]

HAHA if Canada somehow managed to invade the USA they would be defeated in the blink of an eye.

 

[Bobby00]

Peru is invading US any day now.

 

[NoSmilez]

There are a ton of wars or military conflicts in the Americas. The US government is involved in a lot of regime changes and causing instability for decades. If you aren't America's ally then most likely the existing government will be toppled or starved out. Worse case scenario is that we bring freedom, democracy and justice to a country.

 

[Sir Punchalot]

They don't really have time to worry about their neighbours, they have enough problems trying to deal with the local thugs.

It's basically this. Try living in Rio for a while and you'll soon learn why they don't really need to go to war with anyone.

 

[Scerpi]

There is but it’s not like a Cartel from Peru is going to be able to try and conquer Chile or take and hold significant portions of its land

Well... I'd say that Cartels have mostly indirect (sometimes direct) control of several Central/South American Countries. And territory is definitely involved.

They're the true power and organizations with money... wielding it to influence every faucet of life to serve their needs.

And the Cartels often go to war to over territory and control of regions. And sometimes the Cartels go to war with their Country's Governments.

So yes, there's war down there... Constantly. It's not the kind of wars we typically think of.

 

[Limeade]

How long ago is recently?

What about the war of the Triple Alliance? Paraguay versus Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Land battles, naval battles (ships ramming each other at the Battle of Riachuelo) and then a guerrilla insurgency.

 

[LMP]

America has its chill best friend up north and its disorganized stoner friend in the south. If anyone else wanted to attack America they would have to use the ocean to attack. The US navy and air force would destroy anyone stupid enough to try that. For America the biggest threat is always from within. Canada has America's full protection. Mexico doesn't have a neighbor that would be a real threat.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Lots of reasons, thanks for asking.

Mostly, I'd say, because the US Military embraces transgenderisms.