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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!

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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 1102 Views
Yup, well said. *NM* - 05/09/2013 12:35:14 PM 296 Views
That's not even a vaguely complete list - 05/09/2013 01:11:25 PM 928 Views
Which makes this even more depressing? (and yes, many were more police actions) *NM* - 05/09/2013 04:58:24 PM 376 Views
Depressing or whichever, I'm ex-mil so it has a variety of extra overtones to me - 05/09/2013 05:54:28 PM 667 Views
You're absolutely right. The world is pretty peaceful today. In part due to US power. - 05/09/2013 06:36:05 PM 647 Views
China? Burma? North Korea? Mexico? - 06/09/2013 08:42:48 AM 699 Views
Oppressive governments =/= violent movements - 06/09/2013 08:03:45 PM 725 Views
What a pile of horseshit you're throwing around... - 05/09/2013 03:02:44 PM 655 Views
Yes, I was going off of memory *NM* - 05/09/2013 04:57:21 PM 362 Views
On Qi I vaguely recall - 05/09/2013 07:58:35 PM 810 Views
Fairly plausible; way to put it in the right perspective - 05/09/2013 10:34:30 PM 655 Views
By 'right' do you mean right as correct or right as in political stance? *NM* - 05/09/2013 10:56:59 PM 418 Views
Accurate, valid; no political or moral connotation was meant. - 05/09/2013 11:10:15 PM 704 Views
Ah, ok. Sometimes in topics like this its hard to tell. *NM* - 05/09/2013 11:35:25 PM 445 Views
Truth - 06/09/2013 01:13:49 AM 544 Views

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