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Are we too accustomed to war?
After reading the Bacevich article, I kept asking myself whether the United States has become too accustomed to the idea of the institution of war and the use of the military? As Bacevich points out, “As this roster of incidents lengthened, Americans grew accustomed to – perhaps even comfortable with – reading in their morning […]
Wikileaks Possibilities
Wikileaks has gotten a lot of negative attention for the material that they are releasing to the internet, but what are the major issues tied to it? The organization is providing a transparency that most governments refuse to give, putting information of all sorts out into the world. This has its advantages and disadvantages. Specific […]
Al-Jazeera in Egypt
Watching the documentary on Al-Jazeera in class last week was a challenging exercise for me. I believe that they are doing something worthwhile in trying to provide a mainstream voice for the muslim populations around the world. I also believe that they provide an important and much needed critique of European and American foreign policies. […]
Wikileaks Raises Important Questions
Is Wikileaks peace media or war media? Does it aid in conflict prevention or resolution, or does it incite and extend violent conflict? I think a person’s answer to this question depends heavily upon how she or he defines peace. If peace is simply the absence of violence, I think it is easy to say […]
Government Secrets
Is Wikileaks a peace or war media? Peace media is defined as promoting fair conditions of life or presenting issues fairly, which I believe accurately represents the goals of Wikileaks. Their goal is to bring governmental information to the public. While I understand the need for some governmental information to remain private, such as troop […]
Wikileaks. War media-ish?
Before we try and categorize Wikileaks as peace or war media, I think it is important to consider how Wikileaks works and how this may play into the categorization of Wikileaks as war or peace media. WikiLeaks is a non-profit media organization dedicated to bringing important news and information to the public. But how does […]
Talk of Peace in Afghanistan
negotiating-afghan-peace-with-the-taliban-quietly?ft=1&f=1014 I have been paying a little more attention in the last 6 months to the war on terrorism as a good friend of mine just returned from a deployment to Sangin Afghanistan in the Helmand Province and another is currently deployed to Iraq with one more preparing for deployment to Kuwait. I was […]
An Imaginary Dichotomy
With the recent controversies over the company known as Wikileaks releasing governmental cables and reports from embassies and agencies, questions of war media versus peace media has grown. But do categories such as these even really exist? So often, we as humans, try to dichotomize the world into artificial categories that would not exist without […]
Peace, Politics and Christianity
Is Christianity a peaceful religon? Good question. I do not think it is possible to give a clear yes or no answer, mainly because history has shown that religion and politics are inextricably linked. Both have had and continue to have influences on the other. In the past, Christianity has played a huge part of […]
Debate Topic: Religion
Being today’s most widespread religion, with more than a billion members divided between the Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox Churches, Christianity along with other religions are some of the most influential entities aside from national governments today. With such high numbers–hence potential to influence–it becomes important to separate, rather than associate, church and state. […]