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sirburd says
While we each supported various sides in political "police actions," the Cold War was a conflict, and in October, 1962, Russia began building up a nuclear missile arsenal in Cuba, just 90 miles away from our shores.
In what has become known as the Missiles of October, JFK and Nikita Khrushchev had a stand-off that involved the United Nations. In the end, the USSR backed away and it led to a nuclear missile proliferation treaty that limited each nation's missile arsenal.
The space race was also part of a conflict, because it was believed whoever controlled space could attack the planet from above. The US-USSR space station was a compromise, but the race to the moon was originally begun as a defense move by each country.
The conflict continues. Russia is a supporter of Israel's enemies, the US supports Israel. We have taken opposite sides in Viet Nam, in Korea, in the Gulf, and elsewhere.
Curly says
The cold war qualifies as a conflict.
We declared it over, but its really still going on with not as much publicity.
The current battlefield is Iran (yes thats Iran with an n and not Iraq with a q).
Its my personal opinion that mega-governments are as much a failure of society as a monopoly is a failure of a market economy.