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...reinforce conflicts - a brief war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 was triggered by events at a soccer match between the two countries, while Croatian nationalists still mark the start of their war with Serbia not from the day the first shots were fired, but from a violent confrontation at a May 1990 match between the Croatia-based Dinamo Zagreb and Serbia's Red Star Belgrade...
What disturbed me most about the Weathermen, I realized, wasn’t that the group had violently attempted to overthrow the U.S. government but that I had to come 5,500 miles to learn about it. Perhaps Argentina’s young radicals aren’t so far off the mark, then, with their accusations of selective history. Twentieth century U.S. history classes that fail to even mention this brief, but real, violent insurgency do their students a disservice by painting the story of resistance in artificial hues of patience and temperance. If we are to understand...
...more than doubled to about four deaths a day, and the generals, like Thaksin, have been forced to send in more security forces. While no armed group has claimed responsibility for the conflict, nor stated any aims or demands, the militants' strategy seems clear enough: render the region too violent for Bangkok to govern, then seize control, village by village...
...think violent or explicit games can negatively influence young children? -Reinhart Klein, SEATTLEThe obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. Violence is one means of doing that, [though] I look to make people laugh or smile. But the more we have parents playing video games themselves, the more they will understand the interactive world and how to deal with games that have a tremendous amount of violence...
...after the U.S. invaded Iraq, neither approach makes much sense. Political support for the war has cratered; Americans want the troops brought home. But they also know that it isn't likely to happen soon and that no matter when America leaves, Iraq could well become a more chaotic, violent place. They have learned that in the Middle East the U.S. has very little, if any, control over what might occur. And no matter what your views of the war or its genesis, things are likely to turn out different from what you expect...