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2008-06-25 Africa Subsaharan

Somalia ranked most unstable state' in world

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Posted by Pappy 2008-06-25 01:01|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I'm shocked, I tell ya...

Posted by Raj 2008-06-25 01:06|| 2008-06-25 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Zimbobwe is only number 3? Zim-Bob needs to try harder.

Posted by Alaska Paul at Copper Center, Alaska 2008-06-25 01:22|| 2008-06-25 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Somalia is a nation?

Posted by 3dc 2008-06-25 01:48|| 2008-06-25 01:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Somalis : America should adapt to us

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-06-25 06:03|| 2008-06-25 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Foreign Policy, and the Fund for Peace need to get with the program. You just know that if the UN had authored this report its "rapporteur" would have ranked the USA in the top 5.

Posted by Scott R 2008-06-25 06:45|| 2008-06-25 06:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Zimbobwe is only number 3?

Cheez, look at the competition ...

Posted by Steve White 2008-06-25 08:10|| 2008-06-25 08:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Paul: Hey, at least Zimbabwe has an intact central government and isn't being invaded or insurged against. As far as I can tell, they've got a leg up on the Anarchy Formerly Known As Somalia, or even Chad.

Of course, that's just the rubric of stability, which isn't the be-all end-all of statesmanship. By most rational standards, Zimbabwe's moving quickly into a Tacitian state of peaceful desolation.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-06-25 09:07|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-06-25 09:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes, Mitch H, Zimbabwe is a distant third from Somalia, which has a huge lead in instability because of its inherent high entropy, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul at Copper Center, Alaska 2008-06-25 10:51|| 2008-06-25 10:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Haven't they been the most unstable for about 15 years now?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-25 11:34|| 2008-06-25 11:34|| Front Page Top

#10 It's marketing.

You don't sell magazines or raise funds with the headline 'Somalia ranked 'Most Unstable State' for past 15 years'.

Posted by Pappy 2008-06-25 15:27|| 2008-06-25 15:27|| Front Page Top

#11 I can't wait to see how the Somali Minister of Tourism is gonna spin this.

Posted by tu3031 2008-06-25 16:50|| 2008-06-25 16:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Everyone's good at something.

Posted by Hellfish 2008-06-25 22:49|| 2008-06-25 22:49|| Front Page Top

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