Can someone help me plz ? :) (articles about war)

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:19 am

This friday (28th of march) I have a big exam of Dutch.
We have to write a long text about the war, and politics.

The exact topic is:
"Oorlog en vrede: zijn gewapende conflicten nog nodig in deze tijd waarin naties zich voldoende beschaafd hebben om meningsverschillen op andere manieren op te lossen?"

"War and peace: are armed conflicts still necessary in this time in which nations have civilized enough to solve disagreements in other ways?"

As a preparative task, I have to find articles about this topic, that I can use during my exam.
These texts can also be in English, or other languages, as long as I understand them

Can someone please post some links to articles on the net here?
I already searched a little, and I already have some articles, but the more the better

(half of my points for this exam are based in my sources)

Thanks in advance !

micro · Post by **micro** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 11:00 am

Hi Tiger,
Maybe these articles about strange new weapons could be of interest for you:

microwave bomb
mother of all bombs

Anyhow, I wish you success with your long exam text

greetingz, micro

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 11:43 am

thanks a lot !

eurobillsandcoins · Post by **eurobillsandcoins** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 4:43 pm

Good luck Tiger!

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 6:46 pm

Tiger wrote:"War and peace: are armed conflicts still necessary in this time in which nations have civilized enough to solve disagreements in other ways?"

Waw! Interesting!

Tiger wrote: As a preparative task, I have to find articles about this topic, that I can use during my exam.
These texts can also be in English, or other languages, as long as I understand them

I can find some interesting articles... in french.

My favourites links are :
Le Monde: www.lemonde.fr
Courrier International: www.courrierinternational.com
Radio-Canada: www.radio-canada.ca

I have also read some interesting things on the site of ARTE: www.arte-tv.com

EUObserver is a good site, you could find articles on it: http://www.euobserver.com/

We could discuss this topic on the forum, if you want...

Olivier

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 7:55 pm

Merci beaucoup, Olivier !
I'll check all these sites.
If you happen to find a concrete article, you can always post the link here.

Thanks !

Fons · Post by **Fons** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 9:39 pm

Good luck with your exam!

PS: you're almost at 1000 post!!

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:00 pm

Fons wrote:Good luck with your exam!

PS: you're almost at 1000 post!!

I know :p

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:06 pm

Tiger wrote:Merci beaucoup, Olivier !
I'll check all these sites.
If you happen to find a concrete article, you can always post the link here.

Thanks !

Create a topic on the forum (and ask people to find articles)

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:19 pm

Olivier wrote:
Tiger wrote:Merci beaucoup, Olivier !
I'll check all these sites.
If you happen to find a concrete article, you can always post the link here.

Thanks !

Create a topic on the forum (and ask people to find articles)

I already did, here this topic...

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:13 am

I also found a lot of useful articles in this topic:

The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq

Thanks for your support !

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:21 pm

"War and peace: are armed conflicts still necessary in this time in which nations have civilized enough to solve disagreements in other ways?"

I think you could first ask yourself what are the other ways. In which arena do the nations talk. United Nations? Other organisations: NATO, OCDE, UE...

What are the powers of the nations in these organisations? Only freedom of speach? Action?

I think that wars are more able to occur when no organisation exists to contain problems of relations between two countries. But if a organisation is under control of one particular country, it doesn't work anymore. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have lose their popularity since the poor countries are totally linked by these 2 organisations... (-> he debt of the Thirld World).

What is a civilized country? What are the criteria?

Interesting debate...
O.

Tiger · Post by **Tiger** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:25 pm

Interesting....

Olivier wrote:What is a civilized country? What are the criteria?

I know one thing: the USA aren't !

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 6:39 pm

Tiger wrote:Interesting....

Olivier wrote:What is a civilized country? What are the criteria?
I know one thing: the USA aren't !

They are.
The problem is that the USA want to put their way of life, of work, of think... (of pray?) in the whole world.

France and the USA share the vision of their universal "mission". France with a laïc point of view, the ideals of the French Revolution. The USA share the same ideals (the human rights) but have another vision of the economy, the religion...
France has had no more colony for 40 years. The USA have been dominating the world economy for 60 years.

I really think that their domination is not as strong as it was in the years 1945-75. They have lost Viet Nam, they have lost their domestic security in 2001, they have now to deal with other regional power, and Europe is one of them.
I see this war also as a way not to accept the decreasing influence of their country in the world.

The European coutries are not as devided as it seams to be: look at the unanimous demonstrations in the world. The people now are afraid of the USA, and angry with their brutal and unilateral policy.

The USA, not to be criticized, have to follow the rules all the countries want to fix: Kyoto, etc...

Fons · Post by **Fons** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 4:46 pm

How did your exam go???

or

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Can someone help me plz ? :) (articles about war)

Can someone help me plz ? :) (articles about war)

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