The 1990's were great, leaving aside the U.S. use of cruise missiles, several random invasions, etc. E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile_strikes_on_Afgha..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile_strikes_on_Iraq_....

I do not understand why you mentioned those two events? As far as military operations go they seem fairly small. The Battle of Mogadishu (AKA Black Hawk Down) was 1993 and the losses on both sides were dramatically more.

I mention those two events because they're analogous to the drone strikes going on now that people suddenly seem to have a problem with.

the 10's was world war 1, so i think it's pretty easy to say that was worse. the 20's were pretty good until the crash right at the end.

Don't forget the Spanish Flu epidemic. That was pretty nasty.

Iff you were rich and white protestant.

My grandma remembered the Great Depression as a time when life improved.

That's interesting. How did it improve for her?

Oftentimes the reason someone loses their shirt is cuz someone now got two two shirts.