"world is less violent than it has ever been"

[DrLeftover]

June 11, 2014

Obama: ....

And if there’s one message I want to deliver to young people like a Tumblr audience is, don’t get cynical. Guard against cynicism. I mean, the truth of the matter is that for all the challenges we face, all the problems that we have, if you had to be -- if you had to choose any moment to be born in human history, not knowing what your position was going to be, who you were going to be, you’d choose this time. The world is less violent than it has ever been. It is healthier than it has ever been. It is more tolerant than it has ever been. It is better fed then it’s ever been. It is more educated than it’s ever been.

Terrible things happen around the world every single day, but the trend lines of progress are unmistakable. And the reason is, is because each successive generation tries to learn from previous mistakes and pushes the course of history in a better direction. And the only thing that stops that is if people start thinking that they don’t make a difference and they can’t make changes. And that’s fed in our culture all the time.

With Video:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/06/11/obama_the_world_is_less_violent_than_it_has_ever_been.html

 

[Evil Eye]

I'd like to know when he achieved the omniscience required to know that...

 

[DrLeftover]

How dare you question the Wisdom of Our Beautiful President?

Do you not feel the Love of The One?

Hang on, let me find that video of those kids singing the Obama song.....

 

[Bamboo]

The world is less violent than it ever has been? Why am I doubting Obama.

Either way, cool I guess.

 

[DrLeftover]

20 June

The number of people living as refugees from war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, for the first time since World War Two, the UN says.

The overall figure of 51.2 million is six million higher than the year before, a report by the UN refugee agency says.

Antonio Guterres, head of the UNHCR, told the BBC the rise was a "dramatic challenge" for aid organisations.

Conflicts in Syria, central Africa and South Sudan fuelled the sharp increase.

"Conflicts are multiplying, more and more," Mr Guterres said. "And at the same time old conflicts seem never to die."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-27921938

And this is a direct contradiction of Mr. Obama's statement:
Video
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-27940662

It would seem that Mr. Obama has no idea what he was talking about.

 

[Bluezone777]

Isn't this the same one who keeps pushing for gun control while now stating the world is less violent without his gun control laws he keeps pushing? Which is it? Is our world and by extension the US better or worse or is it just the rest of the world getting better while we get worse?

I wonder if he even tries to keep his statements in line with past ones at least to the point he may even appear to look even the slightest bit honest or does he just not care anymore?