Who may we bomb? A reply to Barry Buzan 24 November 2001 David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect Dear David Barry Buzan's case for relegitimating the explicit targeting of civilians in war ('Who may we bomb?', Prospect, December 2001, http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk) is quite disgraceful. Regardless of the degree of political relationship between states and armed forces, on the… Continue reading Who may we bomb? A reply to Barry Buzan, 2001
Category: war and peace
Afghanistan and Iraq: western wars, genocidal risks, 24 July 2009
The enormous harm inflicted on civilians by the “new western way of war” can be measured in tens of thousands of deaths and displacements. But Washington and London’s responsibility goes even wider, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for full text. (This article was published on 24 July 2009)
My Lai to Haditha: war, massacre and justice, Open Democracy, 17 March 2008
A thread of degenerate war and military impunity links atrocities in the Vietnam and Iraq conflicts, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
Israel’s Degenerate War in Gaza
Martin Shaw I have referred to the Gaza 'war' in my title but we might question whether it really deserves this label. Hamas have managed to kill only 6 Israeli soldiers, only 2 more than the Israelis themselves with 'friendly fire'. Their rockets have killed 3 more Israeli civilians: this side of their activity is… Continue reading Israel’s Degenerate War in Gaza
Lessons for the West from the Georgian War
The August war in Georgia underlines the fundamental deterioration in the global political situation in the 2000s and the increasingly sharp choices facing the democratic left. The easy bit is to condemn Russian aggression against Georgian cities and there has been no shortage of Western political figures queuing up to do this. The difficult bit… Continue reading Lessons for the West from the Georgian War
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