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10-OCT-2007 kombizz

My resolution for the year 2008

Iran

Some time ago, I saw this simple meaningful graffiti on a wall of a famous road in Tehran, Vali Aser Street.

I guess this image will be my LAST IMAGE for the YEAR 2007, where there are still lots of wars and invasions going on in different parts of the world.

As a result of these invasions, many people similar to us have been murdered, injured or lost their beloved ones.

I hope in the year 2008 and beyond peace and happiness scatters all around the world especially in the hearts of those innocent victims.


Discretionary budgets in $ (billions) and percentages
Year - Total - Defense - Education - Health
2008 - 930 - 51.8 - 6.3 - 5.6
2007 - 873 - 52.7 - 6.5 - 6.1
2006 - 840 - 52.0 - 6.9 - 6.1
2005 - 820 - 51.0 - 7.0 - 6.2
2004 - 782 - 51.0 - 7.0 - 6.3
2003 - 767 - 51.6 - 6.8 - 6.4

The defense budget is only the Pentagon's request each Fiscal Year. It does not include nuclear weapons programs from the Department of Energy, or funding for wars such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

World Military Spending
War Cost
Victim of wars


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Jason Anderson12-Dec-2009 01:33
This image speaks volumes. As I write this 2009 is almost over, and it wasn't any better than 2008, or 2007... Even the "peaceful" wage war in the name of peace. Maybe next December things will have changed. But like the artist who created that graffiti, I fear it's human nature. Thanks for this and many other thought-provoking photos!
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