Free Flesh: The Matrix, the War on Iraq and the Torture of Democracy
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...These impacts include: the erosion of human rights (Rogers, 2007), the deformation of ethics and moral values (Gordon, 2009), the recreation of a national identity embedded in violence (Milam, 2004), the redefinition of social norms that then include institutional or organizational behaviours that contravene human rights standards (Wright-Smith, 2007), the social exclusion or ‘outcasting’ of certain groups of people, particularly Muslim men (Lazar and Lazar, 2004) or a community that lacks empathy or is openly hostile to the survivor (Culhane, 2009; PhiladelphoffPuren, 2007)....
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...These impacts include: the erosion of human rights (Rogers, 2007), the deformation of ethics and moral values (Gordon, 2009), the recreation of a national identity embedded in violence (Milam, 2004), the redefinition of social norms that then include institutional or organizational behaviours that…...
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...…the invasion, the American government attempted to create the foundations of democracy, a political structure that should help counteract terrorism (Rogers, 2007), thereby neglecting the fact that cultural differences do not provide for the fostering of a political reality in the spirit of western…...
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...NATO’s airstrike in 1999 provided humanitarian relief for Albanian refugees, however was not in accordance with international law (Schreuer, 1999, p. 151). A similar intervention in Rwanda in 1994 could have saved tens of thousands of life, yet it remained absent. According to Foley (2008), Romeo Dallaire, a commanding officer of the UN’s mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), had asked for a solid 4,500 soldiers to reinforce the UN’s presence in the area, however only received a third of the human capacities requested....
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...After the invasion, the American government attempted to create the foundations of democracy, a political structure that should help counteract terrorism (Rogers, 2007), thereby neglecting the fact that cultural differences do not provide for the fostering of a political reality in the spirit of western political systems (Calvert & Calvert, 2007, pp....
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