[JKCalhoun]

> The Cold War was a war running cold with the potential to go hot

I'm not sure I buy that definition. I think most understand a Cold War to be simply a "war" done without weapons but by other means — via economic means, propaganda, etc.

[ratelimitsteve]

that stretches the definition of war to mean anything that benefits one state over another, though. that might be a valid definition, but if we're gonna have a real discussion we're gonna have to differentiate between that sort of war and the sort of war where people kill one another with weapons and agree from the start which one we're talking about.