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There's a gun in almost every picture dickthegrouch Dec 2013 #1
Important observation if the pictures were random. Igel Dec 2013 #5
Mostly in Africa treestar Dec 2013 #2
Countries that "peel off" are usually outlier territories. Igel Dec 2013 #6
Africa was intentionally destroyed by Europe and the West MrScorpio Dec 2013 #11
I had wondered about that. Delphinus Dec 2013 #24
Where is the USA on this list? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #3
The US isn't a failed state. Not even close. Dash87 Dec 2013 #7
Man what a first world way of thinking. Kurska Dec 2013 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #10
Lot of African states listed here geomon666 Dec 2013 #4
I noticed that too nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #19
Hey White people: How'd that imperialism thing work out for you? panader0 Dec 2013 #8
"All of these "failed" states were set up to fail by imperialists" Not all of them. Kurska Dec 2013 #12
How about "most" then? panader0 Dec 2013 #13
There ya go n/t Kurska Dec 2013 #14
What a paternalistic thing to say. KentuckyWoman Dec 2013 #27
#11 IRAQ #7 AFGHANISTAN progressoid Dec 2013 #15
i think Afghanistan would have been on the list even if we had never gone in, but Iraq probably JI7 Dec 2013 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #16
Where's Mississippi? rug Dec 2013 #17
+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2013 #26
it looks like Ethiopia and Eritrea would both be better off if they were one country JI7 Dec 2013 #18
many of these were left behind after the end of the cold war JI7 Dec 2013 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author El_Johns Dec 2013 #22
Darn...I guess I won't be vacationing in Somalia this year. jessie04 Dec 2013 #23
African and the Middle Eastern countries davidpdx Dec 2013 #25
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