Sunday, April 20, 2008

World At War

“During the 1990s, more than 2 million children died as a result of armed conflicts. They were often deliberately targeted and murdered. More than three times that number were permanently disabled or seriously injured.”—UNICEF

I bring this up because on this day, 20 April 1889, Adolf Hitler was born. He started out as an excellent ruler who pulled Germany out of recession. BIG problem was we all know that he had his sick obsession for an Aryan race and that kinda blew it for him.

World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars, yet we went on to have the Boar war, world war II, the West Kalimantan conflict…….Have you not heard of that one? Nor had I till I found this website: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/index.html
Apparently, there are over 42 conflicts or wars currently around the world add to that another 46 land disputes and you have a pretty messed up planet. (See this site for further info) http://www.didyouknow.cd/story/disputes.htm

At the end of last year a survey was carried out by Toluna sampling 287 people - So yes a small sample but here are the reults.
The question wasa are you worried about all the conflicts around the world.

Yes - 209 votes
No 53
Don't care 25

This is something we all care about......Or so we say? But is anybody doing anything or is it just an answer to a survey and just words.

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