Harper’s Index: August 2003

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Harper’s Index: August 2003

Owen Densmore
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Just in case you haven't read the Harper's Index recently, here's the
latest:
        http://www.harpers.org/harpers-index/listing.php3
..and a few samples:

Number of countries to which the U.S. sent troops between 1900 and 1993
for the purpose of establishing democracy : 14

Number that were democracies ten years after the withdrawal of U.S.
forces : 4

Ratio of Kosovo residents to Western peacekeepers there in 1999 : 40:1

Ratio of Afghanistan residents to Western peacekeepers there now :
5,000:1

Ratio of the estimated number of people killed worldwide by war last
year
to the number killed by traffic : 1:4

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