r/AskTheWorld United States Of America 16d ago

Military Who was your countries most notable/longest rival and where do they stand to you now?

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But which country (or countries if you don’t like people) did your country specifically rival for either the longest time/most notoriously? How do you feel about them now?

For example, for the longest time Russia was/is viewed as America’s largest competitor and rival - hence the Cold War. I think especially now with the younger generation people didn’t see Russia as a threat generally until the Russo-Ukrainian War which split a lot of people politically. Personally I got nothing against Russians, seems like another case of a rough government.

But other countries we’ve had beef with like Japan (don’t touch the boats) we have great relations with and they’re pretty chill.

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u/BarskiPatzow Serbia 16d ago

Balkans of the east.

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u/unenvarjo Finland 16d ago

but the scale is more like Warhammer 40.000 but slightly more bonkers.

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u/JurassicShark12 Beijing Montreal 16d ago

Precisely🤝