The Absurd Report

From a Historical Perspective, Things Just Aren’t So Bad

The Bear on Oct 31 2005 at 1:03 am | Filed under: Need to Know

So — and this will surprise you, because it sure shocked me — happy days are here again.

We’re living in an era of tranquility. Peace reigns. Sympathy and trust abounding, if you know what I mean. Look skyward: The moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars.

I know this not because I have been taking drugs, or watching a revival of “Hair,” but because I just looked through a report from the Liu Institute for Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Its conclusion — that the world is an ever more peaceful place — is downright startling, coming as it does as we mark the 2,000th American death in Iraq, as the Pentagon is reviving its long-discredited Vietnam practice of releasing enemy body counts, and as there are new stirrings of insurrection in Afghanistan.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-10_29_05_DMS.html

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