THE WAR IS US

 THE 
        WAR IS US

There
is no way to see the Iraq war as a local one. The armies in Iraq
are regular armies, but there are also irregular ones confronting each
other
all over the Middle East, and a political battle being fought all over

the world. Historians may hesitate to call it a World War, but
these historians usually are not able to size and name events, anyway.

by:
Alberto Dines

 

Alberto
Dines, the author, is a journalist, founder and researcher at LABJORLaboratÅrio
de Estudos AvanÍados em Jornalismo (Laboratory for Advanced Studies
in Journalism) at UNICAMP (University of Campinas) and editor of
the ObservatÅrio da Imprensa. He also writes a column on cultural
issues for the Rio daily Jornal do Brasil. You can reach him by
email at obsimp@ig.com.br

Translated
by Tereza Braga, email: tbragaling@cs.com

This
article was originally published in ObservatÅrio da Imprensa – www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br 

 

 

 

 

 

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