According to a new study by the Institute for Economics and Peace – the world is getting more peaceful – but the United States is still a pretty violent place to live. The just released 2010 Global Peace Index ranks the nations of the world based on how peaceful they are – taking into consideration prison populations, political instability, wars, and military expenditures. Iceland ranked first on the Global Peace Index – while the United States ranked 88th out of 158 nations. It's no surprise considering the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and is currently waging a limitless war on so-called terror in several nations across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. More than a half century ago – Dwight Eisenhower warned the nation about the growing influence of the military industrial complex. Tragically, his warnings were ignored.
Freedom isn't free.
ReplyDeleteYou will either die in a war or rot in a jail cell.
We are supposedly the free-est country in the world but the statistics show otherwise.
I believe that is called being hypercritical.
Anyway, the sheep and lemmings will just keep on falling off the cliff.
Dumb, fat and lazy.
This experiment called the U.S. government needs some tweaking.
At the very least.