World More Peaceful Place Under President Bush
There’s a headline you probably never thought that you would read, but it’s true:
In fact, the number killed in battle has fallen to its lowest point in the post-World War II period, dipping below 20,000 a year by one measure. Peacemaking missions, meantime, are growing in number….The authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in a 2004 Yearbook report obtained by The Associated Press in advance of publication, says 19 major armed conflicts were under way worldwide in 2003, a sharp drop from 33 wars counted in 1991.
The Canadian organization Project Ploughshares, using broader criteria to define armed conflict, says in its new annual report that the number of conflicts declined to 36 in 2003, from a peak of 44 in 1995.
Admittedly, little of this is due to the president’s actions. But were a Democrat in the White House, the press would be absolutely giddy in reporting the success of the administration’s foreign policy.
I think this says more about the definition of “peaceful place” than it says about President Bush.
How many civilians were killed by terrorists in 1995? 1991?
All I’m saying is that it’s all B.S. The world is a lot scarier place now than ever before and unfortunately U.S. foreign policy can be blamed for much of it.
dd
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