As is so often the case… political and social upheaval is often accompanied by popular music. This song has been playing on our local Top-20 radio station over the past few months. His lyrics resonate to both “sides”. (Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether you’re …
Category Archives: War and Peace
100,000 Iraqi Deaths
A report published in the highly respected British medical Journal The Lancet states this: Findings: The risk of death was estimated to be 2·5-fold (95% CI 1·6–4·2) higher after the invasion when compared with the preinvasion period. Two-thirds of all violent deaths were reported in one cluster in the city of Falluja. If we exclude …
A World at War
Do any of you remember that series? In BC it was largely shown on the public “Knowledge Network”. I always found it really fascinating to see the original footage. You can actually Buy it on DVD now.
I bring it up because the name reflects what I believe is our current situation. After the end of WWII we could say that there were wars going on in the world, even the Cold War, but it didn’t really affect us personally. This is because we were always seperated either politically, geographically, socially, or mentally from the strife going on. Very rarely did it affect the day-to-day lives of ordinary citizens in North America, Europe and other affluent nations.