WE'RE #96! WE'RE #96! PEACE INDEX RANKS US AMONG WORST NATIONS

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/30/1553/

New Peace Index Ranks US Among Worst Nations
by Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON- The United States is among the least peaceful nations in the world, ranking 96th between Yemen and Iran, according to a new index released on Wednesday that evaluates 121 nations based on their peacefulness.According to the Global Peace Index, created by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Norway is the most peaceful nation in the world and Iraq is the least, just after Russia, Israel and Sudan.

“The objective of the Global Peace Index was to go beyond a crude measure of wars by systemically exploring the texture of peace,” said Global Peace Index President Clyde McConaghy.

He said the inaugural effort proves “peace can and has and will continue to be measured.”

The index was compiled based on 24 indicators measuring peace inside and outside of a country. They included the number of wars a country was involved in the past five years, how many soldiers were killed overseas and how much money was made in arms sales.

Domestic indicators included the level of violent crimes, relations with neighboring countries and level of distrust in other citizens.

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not surprised:shrug:

Woo-hoo!!!
I'm so proud

:banghead:

Well there's our solution. More booze! and Iraq is dead last. I guess they are learning our way of life and democracy after all.

how did we rate that high?

... seeking refuge from peacemongers. :silly:

and promotes the idea that problems are easily solved with weapons.
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I think we should invade Iran so we can spread peace to that country.

can`t we be number one in something???

Their peace-rating would've been higher if the U.S. hadn't tried to oust Chavez, causing their military to take the side of the people, locate and release Chavez and kick the U.S. backed coup-leaders out...

ANDRES IZARRA: ....We have to remember that this addiction to oil has caused the Venezuelan government a couple of crises due to U.S. interference in Venezuela's political process. It's no secret that the U.S. was behind a coup d'état in 2002 to topple President Chavez. It was also behind an oil sabotage that stopped the oil economy in Venezuela for over two months and is pushing every effort to destabilize the Venezuelan economy, as denounced by President Chavez on several occasions. Even President Chavez has denounced U.S. efforts to kill him. This addiction to oil means for Venezuela a stronger or a rising risk of U.S. intervention in Venezuela to guarantee that this addiction is satisfied.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/01/1459244&mode=thread&tid=25

On edit: grammar

The fact that the event is not, by itself, sufficient to explain their rating does not mean that it is not a part - small or moderate or large - in that rating.

Namaste.

their 97th.:sarcasm:

Take that Uzbekistan and Angola.