Global population believes US greatest threat to world peace

Take the following statistics: Roughly 405,000 people have been killed as a result of the violence and infrastructure damage of the U.S.-led War in Iraq. The U.S. is number two, behind Russia, in its nuclear weapons stockpile, with 7,400 warheads (Third is France, with 300.) The U.S. leads the world in military spending, with more than $7.6 trillion spent on the military and homeland security since 9/11. Washington is also a major threat to its own citizens: the U.S. is the world’s largest incarcerator of people, both in numbers and in proportion to its population, with 2.3 million in prison, 1 million of whom are African American. [CounterPunch]

Worldwide survey: Who do you see as the biggest threat to world peace? pic.twitter.com/21OxyOAhfX
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We must stop wasting money on unnecessary nuclear weapons. I introduced the SANE Act to save $100 billion. pic.twitter.com/5zTWe8J8WN
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