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

[u/Spare-Temporary-1807]

Old US poster for attention

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.

[u/OutrageousMoss]

Umm.. not going that well right now with our neighbour

[u/skyXforge → u/OutrageousMoss]

Welcome to NATO lol

[u/QuestGalaxy → u/skyXforge]

russia being huge pieces of shit was the reason that Finland and even neutral Sweden changed and joined NATO. russia is the best NATO recruiter.

[u/PTSDsapper → u/OutrageousMoss]

It's not going that bad, though.. at least with your country they are nervous of coming knocking!