Posted on 06/08/2010 5:47:51 AM PDT by lakeprincess
The United States is just the 85th most peaceful nation on earth, according to the fourth annual Global Peace Index (GPI), a statistical ranking based on 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators — from political stability and military expenditures to gun sales, violent crime and "respect for human rights."
The 85th position does not even rank the U.S. in the upper half in the 149-nation list, which was released Tuesday.
But some of the countries ranked ahead of the U.S. may raise a few eyebrows: China, Cuba, Libya, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Chile and the United Arab Emirates
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Big fat hairy deal.
The writers of this appear to have attended the same school of no accomplishment that “educated” the Loon-O-dent.
Global Peace Index ? ? ?
Who posted this active joke without a keyboard alert?
Oops, of course, I mean the writers of the original report, not the Wash Times reporters.
*takes on Jersey accent* I got yer peacenik right here!
Another liberal bash America ranking...just like our health care and whatever else some dumbass liberal wants to put down about us.
Nope, no agenda here...
China, Cuba, Libya, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Chile and the United Arab Emirates.....I see where the Global Peace Index is coming from....
How can this be? Didn’t our usurper leader man get the Nobel PEACE prize? He got it precociously with just 9 days on the job, and has been on a peace tear ever since then! Fomenting peace in Honduras, Iran, and elsewhere.
‘violent crime’
Do they include Latin American gangs like MS13 operating on US soil and who are not American citizens, as part as their report????
Lets just stop all this “war on terror” stuff”...then I’m sure the Muslims won’t blow anything up!/s
But some of the countries ranked ahead of the U.S. may raise a few eyebrows: China, Cuba, Libya, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Chile and the United Arab Emirates
Do ya think maybe our PR and agit-prop sections might need a little overhaul???
Gee, it sure is nice to be a citizen of the greatest country in the world and have to hear this sh*te
all the time
wherever I go.
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