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What does it mean?
The Falklands War is described as a trivial conflict between two nations that had nothing to fight over.
In plain terms
The war was like two bald men fighting over a comb neither of them needs.
What can you take from it?
Some conflicts are absurd because the parties lack a real stake.

Where it applies

  • political debate
  • history class
  • mediation

Putting it to work

  • question motives of conflict
  • find common ground

Questions to consider

  • When do conflicts lack meaning?
  • What makes a war worth fighting?

Another view

Even small disputes can have serious historical causes.

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