Talk:Neutral country

Old discussion

-- Here I get confused. The link that says "Second Hague Convention" goes to a page with "Hague V" in its title. The problem is that I myself have put the link on the page, initially. I wonder if I am confused now or if I was then!
--Ruhrjung 12:40, 2 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I strenously object to listin the United States as an example of "Neutral countries" while excluding for example Ireland and Sweden on the basis that they surreptitiously cooperated with one side during the Second World War. The US has certainly tried to stay out of "permanent alliances", put to claim that it isn't currently in any defense alliances of significane (e.g. NATO) would certainly be very misleading. --Gabbe 21:49, Jun 15, 2004 (UTC)

May I kindly ask you to read the article once again?

Maybe you then will notice that it's a list of "models", and that it for the US has solely historical relevance.
--Ruhrjung 13:43, 2004 Jun 16 (UTC)

US Neutral Up to Pearl Harbor??

I strongly object to the idea that the U.S. followed Washington's advice up to Pearl Harbor? Ever heard of a little thing called the Spanish American War(and probably others before hand)? Superm401 23:55, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well, maybe it's not ideal to say that USA followed Washington's advice up to Pearl Harbor, but engagement in Europe and Asia was most definiterly very uncommon until the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of these exceptions was the brief participation in World War I, that immediately was reversed and resulted in an isolationism as strong as ever. /Tuomas 06:59, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I'm puzzled why Spain and Portugal were left out of the list of Neutral Countries in WWII. Admittedly, Spain leadership during WWII (e.g., Franco) had a lot of Nazi sympathy since they were supported by the Nazis during the Spanish Civil were, but they never actually fought on either side in WWII. Turkey was also neutral WWII, even though they were on the side of the Germans in WWI.

They were not surrounded by warring parties as Switzerland, Sweden, or (sort of) Ireland. --Johan Magnus 06:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Why isn't Mexico coloured in on the map? -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 06:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

After moving back to Neutral country, a revert should be done also, and only then consolidation of the new material. Currently, the page is not very readable. --Vuo 13:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The added material was a blatant copyright violation from the Columbia Encyclopedia. --- RockMFR 03:09, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

better definition needed

I think a better explanation of what makes a country neutral is needed. And perhaps more explanation of how neutral countries act. For example, prior to entering WWII the US was officially neutral in respect to the war in Europe, but many citizens weren't. the US government was divided between policies helping the Allies, or maintaining neutrality. Also, a nation can be neutral in one conflict, yet partisan in another. Rds865 (talk) 05:58, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]