<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_ongoing_armed_conflict...</a><p>Maybe I would more accurately say &quot;... reminds me how low the historical bar has been for physical violence <i>by first world countries</i> in pursuit of <i>their own</i> geopolitical goals.&quot;<p>Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq are absolutely attributable to same, but I&#x27;d say there probably hasn&#x27;t been a solid decade where the Lebanon-Pakistan corridor of countries hasn&#x27;t had some kind of armed conflict (setting Israel aside even). Other than that, most of what I see seems to be civil war.