My topic of interest is pacifism. For most of my life I have written off pacifism as an infeasible stance. After all, how does pacifism work in a world of Hitlers and the like? A state must have a policy of aggression for the purpose of self defense and world policing...right?
Recently I've been very moved by the imagery of Jesus on the cross praying, "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." So, I am exploring pacifism these days. I will begin this exploration by examining the dynamics of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign in Kosovo. My hypothesis is that the NATO bombing campaign was ineffective in preventing genocide and, at the worst, even exacerbated the genocide.
I also hope to write on the following topics related to the following current events:
1) International Policing: Khartoum and Darfur.
2) Reconciliation: Joseph Kony and the people of northern Uganda.
3) Diplomacy: Japan-American communications leading up to Pearl Harbor.
My general thrust is to explore the infeasibility of sate aggression in the nuclear age.
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