I Am Anti-War War‚ what is it good for? I feel war‚ is good for absolutely nothing at all. What is the value of a life? Why do some feel that war is acceptable? Is war part of our biological make up? Could we seek out an alternative to war? These are some of the questions that are asked when it comes to the controversy surrounding war. There are differing opinions and views as well‚ from the pro-war‚ too the activists against war‚ the political‚ and the philosophy of war. No matter how you look
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An Allegory of War in Our Time Deceit is the key device used in politics and everyday life to acquire power‚ status‚ success‚ and in many instances‚ revenge. Deceit and revenge are often repeated in Shakespeare’s Hamlet through many of Hamlet’s actions and of those of the play. Hamlet’s hesitation in killing Claudius‚ and Hamlet’s eventual death are a direct result of deceit in the court‚ and the futility of war be it domestic‚ as in Hamlet‚ or with in the world‚ as with the wars being waged both
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Walking Along a Familiar Path In Errol Morris’ documentary Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara‚ we follow the life and times of former United States Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara. The insightful piece follows his life from birth during World War I‚ his success at college‚ cunning business career at Ford Motor Company‚ to his involvement in World War II and his controversial political career during the Kennedy and Johnson presidential terms. Morris highlights
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War is not a game people play to win prizes or gain recognition for their skill. After one side surrenders‚ and a treaty is signed‚ one side does go home feeling like a winner. Both sides suffer irreplaceable losses. For this reason‚ there are no true winners in war. Some people may feel that they came out of the war victoriously‚ but as Agatha Christie said‚ To win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. For example‚ in the American Revolution‚ we won‚ but is it really victory when 8‚000 Americans
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kept insisting Saddam to withdraw • Needed to expel him from the Kuwait • And US was the only state with capability to do so POLITICS: Liberate Kuwait (kick out Iraq armed forces) • No expectation that US would follow into Iraq and overthrow Saddam • LIMITED political objective STRATEGY: Make Iraq defenseless as QUICKLY as possible • No messing around with political constraints • Just destroy any capability to use force • No coercion strategy used‚ just
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| |7/27/2010 | |CAUSES OF WAR | | | | AKINBAMIRO MICHAEL AKINLABI War is a behavior pattern exhibited by many primate species including humans‚ and also found
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to maintain peace and declared war‚ when it is clear that the outcome of war most times leaves all states worse off? War is defined as an event involving the organized use of military force by at least two parties that reaches a minimum threshold of security or as a conflict were more than 1000 people are killed. There are different forms of war -—interstate war and civil war— but no matter the form war comes in‚ it comes from national or international anarchy. War doesn’t materialize from thin air
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Wars are always wrong It has been approximately 100‚000 years that modern human beings first evolved in the Earth. Along with the pace of time human civilization has been diversified into different racial‚ ethnic and language groups. This disintegration has lead people to live in a myriad of culture which is considerably different from each other‚ in most of the ways. The hodgepodge of various culture‚ race‚ and language has created complex and factious human societies. From the beginning of
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IDS WORKING PAPER Volume 2012 No 391 War and Poverty Patricia Justino April 2012 Conflict‚ Violence and Development Research Cluster The Conflict‚ Violence and Development research cluster is part of the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction team at the Institute of Development Studies. The cluster’s main focus is to develop new insights into how people in contexts of conflict and violence live and interact‚ and what institutions best support them. We use our research findings to inform
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War is a horrible medium‚ which has been used for hundreds of thousands of years‚ to achieve certain goals through the use of force. The major causes for war are resources‚ which can be territory‚ water‚ gold‚ minerals or animals; and ideologies: political beliefs‚ religion‚ philosophical differences. In other words‚ brutal outrageous kings‚ rulers‚ commanders and emperors possessed the purpose of having power and control over the whole world. But do these egoistic goals really bring benefit to humanity
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