Skip to main content

Antiwar.com


I have never heard of Antiwar.com, and after briefly reading through the website and articles, I was very intrigued. This website pointed out viewpoints and ideas I have never really thought of before. For example, I did not know that the American Military has killed more foreign civilians than any other military force since dropping the two nuclear bombs in Japan in 1945.



The article I read first talked about how no one cared about Syrian civilian's deaths until now. in 2014, you would never hear about the deaths of these Syrians, but now it is on mainstream media. The mainstream media say that all these deaths are by the IS, Russian airstrikes or the Syrian Government forces, but remain silent when the US is responsible for casualties. According to the article, in 2017 the US was killing more civilians in Syria than IS, Russia and Syrian forces.

This is information I had no idea about. I think I am ignorant, and don't want to know about war and what goes on. It is horrible, and I am just now starting to open my eyes and want to know about what is going on overseas to our troops and civilians. I almost feel like the US has been at war for so long, I do not even know for what. All I know is there is a war on terrorism and that I have friends and family in the military. That is all I know. I know 9/11 sparked war and that our country is constantly under attack and that the world seems to hate us.

The article talks about human right organizations like the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and how they publish daily the casualties. I have never even heard the the SOHR before. The number of deaths from US led offensive to liberate them is staggering. And just like the article said, media was not reporting this, and I had no idea. Most Americans have no idea.

Why? the article talks about the sentiment that America is the good guys. I always have thought this. I almost feel un-American to question military involvement.

Self censorship also plays a role here, according to the article. Journalists who ask too many tough questions do not do well.

I now have an interest in knowing what is going on with war. I just sort of sit back and accept what has been on the news and I will try to better inform and better educate myself. War is terrible and there is no gain from it, and there are terrible evils in this world. I am just not sure if war is inevitable with the world we live in.

Maddy

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

#NotAgainSU - Syracuse Battles Hate Crime

Once again, hate crimes spread on a university campus.  Syracuse University in New York experiences a slew of hate speech all over campus. Starting with an instance of the n-word and other prolific language against African Americans and Asian Americans, to a swastika drawn in the snow to a verbal attack from a fraternity to an African American female student. Students have been participating in sit ins on campus, demanding information from Syracuse officials and demanding a change on campus. Night after night students sit in halls demanding response, especially from Chancellor Kent, who seems to remain silent throughout the situation. Students grow increasingly frustrated with lack of response and feel unsafe on campus. The fraternity involved in the incident of November 16, Alpha Chi Rho, has been suspended indefinitely from campus. Yet, students with the #notagainsu want to see more done for other fraternities who have shown racial bias. Students have expressed conc...
Post a Comment
Read more

Bush and Degenres

Recently a photo has gone viral, a photo of former President George W. Bush and TV Host Ellen Degeneres enjoying a football game together. At first, people were very angry and upset that the two were together. They have very opposing views, how could they even stand to be in the same room? Ellen Degeneres and the former president have different political views, one being gay marriage. Ellen Degeneres is an openly gay women who is married, and Bush in 2004 supported the ban of gay marriage, but supports civic unions. Yet, Ellen claims that she is still friends with Bush, despite opposing views. I am sure that is not all that two disagree with. In a clip from the Ellen Show, Degeneres spoke about her friendship, stating, "just because I don't agree with someone on everything doesn't mean that I'm not going to be friends with them. When I say 'Be kind to one another,' I don't mean only the people that think the same way you do. I mean be kind to ...
Post a Comment
Read more

I Googled Myself...

This week we were challenged to google ourselves and look at our online profiles from an outside view. So, I did just that.  I googled first, Maddy McCracken. Apparently, I have my own IMBD account were I stared in the 2012 TV series, "The Creepypasta Episodes". Unfortunately or fortunately, I did not star in this TV show, but this is the first link that comes up. Though, it would be cool to be an actress, but alas, I am not. Another link that popped up was a Facebook link saying that I was on Facebook. I am indeed on the site, but I have a private account. Even though I have a private account, my photos I am tagged in still show up. They are mostly family photos, old dance recital photos, dog photos and first day of school pictures. There is nothing detrimental on there that super embarrasses me, or would deter me from a job. I do not have anything political on my Facebook, just that I attended an all girls Catholic school. I suppose that could rub someone the wrong way,...
Post a Comment
Read more