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Propaganda Poster: Using War to Promote Peace & Democracy

Saturday July 19, 2008

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Original Poster: National Archives
Can peace be achieved through war? Of course it can. Every war has been followed by a peace of some sort. It's not that unusual for aggressors to be defeated through war, thus ushering in a new era of peace and freedom -- or at least relatively more peace and freedom than before. At the same time, though, it's also not that unusual for wars to lead to eras of greater repression and brutality. Perhaps the more relevant question is whether peace can be imposed through war -- whether war can be used as an effective means for imposing peace, democracy, justice, etc.

 

Read Article: Using War to Promote Peace & Democracy: We Bring the Values of Civilization to People by Invading and Bombing Them

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July 20, 2008 at 4:43 pm
(1) Samuel Skinner says:

The whippings will continue until moral improves!

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