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Scientist makes bold prediction that war is on the wane
Daily Mail ^ | 24th November 2012 | Leon Watson

Posted on 11/24/2012 12:47:07 PM PST by the scotsman

'It may be difficult to believe, but according to research published next month a world without war may be getting nearer.

Futurologists from the University of Oslo in Norway and the Peace Research Institute Oslo have predicted that global conflict will halve in the next 40 years.

Their study claims the combination of higher education, lower infant mortality, smaller youth cohorts, and lower population growth are a few of the reasons why the world can expect a more peaceful future.

That will mean in the next five years the current conflicts in Libya, Tajikistan, Syria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Iraq will probably be over, the research suggests.

As the risk of war decreases worldwide, by 2017 it will be greatest in India, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Uganda and Burma.

And by 2050, as the number of countries at war falls from one in six to one in 12, the risk of conflict will be greatest in India, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: the scotsman

Wasn’t World War 1 called “The War to End all Wars”, I think for a couple of decades (until they repopulated).


41 posted on 11/24/2012 2:09:17 PM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: the scotsman

These poor “scientists” are either very stupid or don’t have access to any news about what is going on in the world.


42 posted on 11/24/2012 2:09:17 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Criminal defense lawyers won't have the Twinkie to kick around anymore.)
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To: the scotsman

Of course we won’t have any more war. It was outlawed in 1928 by the Kellogg Briand pact. Duh!


43 posted on 11/24/2012 2:11:23 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: the scotsman
That's because they don't count it as war when governments murder their own citizens, which socialist/communist countries always do.

And make no mistake, Obama's "fundamental change" of America makes us a socialist/communist country.


44 posted on 11/24/2012 2:12:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Labor unions are the Communist Party of the USA.)
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To: the scotsman

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45 posted on 11/24/2012 2:42:31 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SandRat

I want it all gone. People, buildings, books, and goats. Right down to the memory it ever was. Banished. Obliterated. Annihilated. For all time.


46 posted on 11/24/2012 2:44:52 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“While they are saying ‘peace and safety’ their destruction will come upon them suddenly... (I Thess. 5:3) “They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, “peace, peace,” when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah6:14)


47 posted on 11/24/2012 3:17:29 PM PST by WVNan
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To: Teacher317; neverdem

Which four wars do not involve Islam?


48 posted on 11/24/2012 4:03:23 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: the scotsman
about as ridiculous as a few years ago a think tank thought
the big countries will no longer make war..... /s
49 posted on 11/24/2012 5:45:51 PM PST by urtax$@work (The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
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To: the scotsman

war, by any other name, is still war.


50 posted on 11/24/2012 5:48:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Flick Lives
I guess "futurologists" don't consider it beneficial to look at history as a guide.

The number of wars, and deaths from wars (particularly per population) has been steadily declining for decades already.

An individual human being on Earth has less chance of dying violently today than at any point in human history.

51 posted on 11/24/2012 6:23:46 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: the scotsman

about as rediculas as a few years ago a think tank thought
the big countries would no longer make war..... /s


52 posted on 11/24/2012 6:29:10 PM PST by urtax$@work (The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
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To: urtax$@work

Well, war between independent sovereign states has become almost non-existent - everything is a civil war, really.


53 posted on 11/24/2012 6:30:52 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: the scotsman

Egypt is a huge net importer of wheat—Islam in this case cannot feed itself.

Where does the cash come from to pay for the wheat?


54 posted on 11/24/2012 6:34:51 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: the scotsman

Ah, one of those wonderfully happy pipe dreams of many a leisure hour.

Personally, when I’m inclined toward fantasy, I prefer to be on a yacht with a dozen bathing beauties.

It’s more down-to-earth, and far more likely.


55 posted on 11/24/2012 6:46:07 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Scutter

What time is it?


56 posted on 11/24/2012 9:07:32 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: GeronL

As socialism/islamism grows and spereads, the wars will just take on a different tone - instead of being agains opposing countries, they will be between the governments and the peoples. IOW, the world will become “third-world” en-toto.


57 posted on 11/25/2012 4:46:47 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: trebb

I agree. I guess this “scientist” doesn’t count repression and internal struggles as “war”.


58 posted on 11/25/2012 10:43:51 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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