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War is expensive and very few sane governments are going to fight one, especially close to home. As an American it's difficult to appreciate the cost of war, because every conflict in the past hundred years has been fought entirely on a completely different continent. A war between Venezuela and Colombia would, at the very least, cause a huge impact on international commerce as it rerouted to avoid potential conflict zones. In addition to pure military conflict along the borders, both states have the capability to inflict significant damage on each other's infrastructure, either through conventional airstrikes (Colombia) or by strongly backing rebels (Venezuela). This can degrade the quality of governance and the delivery of services, which in both countries is relatively weak (Venezuela much weaker than Colombia). Refugees would likely attempt to get away from any conflict zones, putting greater pressure on supporting mechanisms in many areas. All of this is ignoring any loss of life from the military conflict itself, and the diversion of resources/greater debt in order to support military operations. There's also the fact that Colombia could lose. While unlikely, given the Venezuelan military is two parts drug cartel, one part partisan militia, and one part expensive parade, uncertainty is the order of the day. Basically, until Venezuela is actively invading Colombia, it's in Colombia's best interests to turn the other cheek. Morrow fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Sep 14, 2015 |
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Like, I'm terrified of asking how the country functions st this point. The price of goods and services seems vastly disproportionate to their utility and need. Are people just making their own food and clothes, surviving off the black market, or just stealing to make up for what they can't afford but need?
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Like, seriously, I know I only come into this thread to ask questions about how this country is still functioning, but how is it still functioning?
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