...ides engage in a dual system of morality – one for their friends and one for their foes. Rationalizing their actions, both sides uncritically accept their actions’ validity. There are two important factors influencing both: a revenge and retaliation component that is mutual and an ideological component specific to each. Creating a depressing view of the conflict, these two factors offer slim prospects for peace. It is in this episode, this micro...
...would upset certain domestic groups such as the Revolutionary Guards Council, hardline politicians, and the Iranian people themselves. No one likes being bombed, and if there is the option to retaliate, the people would seek revenge. This means ballistic missiles; Iran’s air force cannot strike at Israel. The bulk of Iranian missiles would be Shabab-3s, locally produced derivatives of the North Korean Nodong. The International Institute for Stra...
...ers – Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo – which ended up executed by the UPDF alone, and badly botched: Kony and all his top aides escaped. The scattered LRA exacted bloody revenge against the civilian population. Peace talks stalled and LRA atrocities increased. When president Obama sent combat-ready advisors in 2011, it was predictably interpreted in Africa as U.S. support for Museveni. So, c...
...tal to this war to understand that we are raining hellfire (literally, Hellfire missiles) down upon the breadbasket of suicide bombers, chipping away at stability, and irking tribes whose conception of justice, honor, war and revenge not many American thinkers understand. While we kill one, we inspire others by ideology and necessitate by cultural norms and economic conditions to join with our foes, and we damage the perception of the U.S. Those...
...immigrants, Gloria and Manny. While Gloria is often articulated as a fiery, passionate Latina bombshell, she is also almost always shown to be smarter than her husband and the other white characters on the show. Her calls for revenge and ability to eat spicy food aside, Gloria is a good wife and mother, not to mention a patient stepmother-in-law to Cam, who has a penchant for ejaculating an always-popular “you people” at the most awkward moments....
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