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Is a McDonalds-less Iceland now vulnerable to attack?
Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:00am
With the news that Iceland is planning to close shop in Iceland, my colleague Preeti Aroon reminds me that according to Thomas Friedman's "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention," the country is now vulnerable to attack from McDonalds-having nations. (There are a few it haven't exactly endeared itself to lately.) This could be a problem since, despite their viking heritage, Iceland has no standing army.
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Golden Arches?
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Which was proven false when Russia invaded Georgia.
And when Israel attacked
And when Israel attacked Lebanon.