Tag: War
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GENOCIDE
Genocide is a divisive word at the moment, we are quibbling over the appropriateness of its use and some people are struggling with the concept of what to term this ongoing bombardment of Palestine. Whether it’s an ethnic cleansing or genocide or a war… what we call it shouldn’t matter, but what it is, is…
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WAR MAKES REFUGEES OF US ALL
I cannot debate the rights or wrongs of war because, besides not being aptly qualified, my simplistic view is that in most wars there are no right sides; a view that lacks nuance or allows for exceptions. Conflict hardly leads to lasting peace without creating silos of hate and terror and mistrust. So I cannot…
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HOLD SPACE FOR HUMANITY
There ought to be a creed before heading to the battlefield; in times of war hold space for humanity. I’m sure there’s a variation of it in some soldiers’ manual couched by that clause: collateral damage. Australia voted NO in its voice referendum; a referendum meant to recognise the First Nations people and to create…
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Syria- a test of diplomacy.
In March of 2003 the world woke up to news and scenes of Iraq under attack. Chief amongst the reasons given by President George Bush for this attack was that Saddam Hussein’s regime was in possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and as such a threat to global security. At the time we didn’t know…