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Re: A THREAT TO PEACE?
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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:39:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
   From the BBC

The EU asked a bunch of people about which countries posed the biggest threat to “World Peace”. The following did not score all that well:
  1. Israel 59%
  2. US 53%
  3. North Korea 53%
  4. Iran 53%
  5. Iraq 52%
  6. Afghanistan 50%
  7. Pakistan 48%
We live in interesting times.

Indeed. How can something that has never yet existed be threatened? Today, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, there is and has been more people fighting than at the height of World War II. Of course I forget that the handful of affluent nations that comprise Europe and North America is “The World” to a lot of people.

-Mike Petrucelli



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From the (URL) BBC> The EU asked a bunch of people about which countries posed the biggest threat to "World Peace". The following did not score all that well: Israel 59% US 53% North Korea 53% Iran 53% Iraq 52% Afghanistan 50% Pakistan 48% We live (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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