You're absolutely right. The world is pretty peaceful today. In part due to US power.
Tom Send a noteboard - 05/09/2013 06:36:05 PM
Outside the Muslim world, I can only think of a couple of violent movements that are active - FARC in Colombia and several groups that were involved in the Congolese Civil War are probably the only ones.
No, almost all the violence is within the Muslim world, and most of it is Muslims fighting other Muslims. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Iraq are all suffering from internal discord, and Nigeria, Pakistan, Mali and Afghanistan are suffering from major internal violent movements that threaten the stability of the country. Syria is in a total civil war and Somalia doesn't exist as a nation right now.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
It depresses me to realize that not a single decade of my life has passed without US military action
- 05/09/2013 07:28:39 AM
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That's not even a vaguely complete list 
- 05/09/2013 01:11:25 PM
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- 05/09/2013 01:11:25 PM
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Which makes this even more depressing? (and yes, many were more police actions) *NM*
- 05/09/2013 04:58:24 PM
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(and yes, many were more police actions) *NM*
- 05/09/2013 04:58:24 PM
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Depressing or whichever, I'm ex-mil so it has a variety of extra overtones to me
- 05/09/2013 05:54:28 PM
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You're absolutely right. The world is pretty peaceful today. In part due to US power.
- 05/09/2013 06:36:05 PM
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On Qi I vaguely recall
- 05/09/2013 07:58:35 PM
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Fairly plausible; way to put it in the right perspective
- 05/09/2013 10:34:30 PM
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By 'right' do you mean right as correct or right as in political stance? *NM*
- 05/09/2013 10:56:59 PM
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Accurate, valid; no political or moral connotation was meant.
- 05/09/2013 11:10:15 PM
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Replace military action for me with civil wars, terrorism, murder over politics, etc *NM*
- 06/09/2013 02:44:45 AM
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War is inevitable, as long as 2 men are breathing. Better US than somebody worse *NM*
- 07/09/2013 06:01:46 AM
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For the record, I'm still really irritated that "deaux" hasn't been corrected to "deux" *NM*
- 10/09/2013 05:19:58 PM
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