[lit-ideas] Re: Helm's World
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 00:01:09 -0700
Teemu,
To add to your joy in our present peaceful world, here is an additional
comment from my friend in Iraq:
"Interestingly, we have many Croatian, Slovenian, and I think Macedonian
troops over here. Most of the old Warsaw Pact (or Soviet Union!) has troops
here as
well: Poles, Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Czechs, Slovakians,
Romanians, Bulgarians. I forget who else. Also Mongolians. Apparently all
these nations prefer US leadership to a world filled with terrorism."
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Helm's World
I would just like to point out that by historical
standards we live in an extremely peaceful world.
There are about half a dozen on-going armed conflicts
I can think of: Iraq, Afganistan, Sudan/Darfur, Kongo,
Czechnya, Nepal, Columbia(?). Two, Sudan and Nepal,
are showing signs of coming to an end while Sri Lankan
one seems to start again. This is due to so
combination of following: Trade, democracy, US
hegemony, UN. Or advances in diplomacy, increasing
wealth and the loss of relative economic importance of
raw materials to name a few less often mentioned. Or
maybe we are just getting better,
Cheers,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
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