2006-06-23 14:46:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It may seem like that to you but were you there? World War II involved nearly the whole world (hence the term) and many people thought it was the end of the entire world with the dropping of two nuclear bombs.
That was quickly followed by Korea, the brink of disaster in Cuba/US in the early 1960s in the Bay of Pigs when the USA and the USSR came within whiskers of nuking each other into oblivion.
Then Americans shot John, Martin, Malcolm and Bobby. Israel and the Middle east erupted. VietNam got hot in the late 1950s and never slowed down until 1976 after a parade of nations tried to bring democracy to Southeast Asia.
Then we had wars in the Falkland Islands, Grenada, Somalia, hostages in Iran,, Gulf War I.... it just seems like the past was peaceful.
Humans have been killing each other since Adam and Eve.
2006-06-23 14:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by Sir J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, that's not true. There was just as much fighting in 1956 as in 2006. The only difference today is that the media covers it much more intensely. War is good for TV ratings, as many people want to know what's going on, therefore, people stay glued to the TV.
There are many conspiracy theories regarding CNN and Fox News: some claim that these two channels helped the U.S. start the war in Iraq by failing to broadcast opposing opinions. These statements are shaky at best, however.
For a list of wars that took place 50 years ago, click the link below.
2006-06-23 21:56:34 · answer #2 · answered by sosmadder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see 50 years ago the korean war was just over, the vietnam war was being fought by the french, in greece the reds were trying to take over by force, the mau maus were chopping off peoples heads, the commies were taking over in cuba, the hungarians were in revolt against the russians, mayalasa was in revolt, and that's just off the top of my head. where was this peace you seem to think existed?
2006-06-23 21:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by glen t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called end times. And there was fighting fifty years ago it was the Korean war
2006-06-23 21:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by ja man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40 years ago we had Viet Nam, 50 years ago we had Korea, 65 WWII...so your premise is bogus.
2006-06-23 21:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, what history book are you using? WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam, among others. . . .
2006-06-23 21:52:42 · answer #6 · answered by Zombie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋