Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
This is one reason governments need to maintain a constant threat by "enemy" states. If every nation got along just fine, government would be dangerously close to redundant. Certainly militrary would be.
War is more or less a constant though,so there's no reason to think we'll ever reach a point where every nation just gets along just fine. There's plenty of real threats out there; you don't need to manufacture them unless you're promoting war for shady reasons (e.g., Iraq War II).