Have Medical Journals Helped to Justify War?
British Medical JournalMedical journals may have played an important part in providing the political justification for attacking Iraq, argues a public health expert.
Medical journals may have played an important part in providing the political justification for attacking Iraq, argues a public health expert.
The US is spending around 120 times more on prosecuting the war in Iraq than it is on providing humanitarian aid and food supplies for the Iraqi people, claim public health experts.
If you believe Iraqi officials, suicide bombings may become as common in Nasiriyah as they are in Netanya. The parallels are obvious between what could happen duirng a prolonged American occupation of Iraq and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
What is Iraq's strategy for prevailing against the United States?
1) Recent surveys showing that the majority of African Americans don't support the war in Iraq should come as no surprise, says Temple African-American studies professor Ella Forbes. 2) In wartime, sports offer diversion for troops, fans.
Experts from the National Society of Professional Engineers are available for reference and interview on rebuilding Iraq from an overall industry perspective to chemical waste disposal, oil well control, telecommunications restoration and ground construction.
The war with Iraq has elicited an array of responses from students at Wake Forest University including a demonstration to show support for the military troops, candlelight vigils to protest military action in Iraq, a campus drive to gather items needed by U.S. soldiers, and several forums.
University of Alabama at Birmingham clinical psychologist Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., says the real-time television coverage of the war in Iraq may have an affect on the elderly and veterans.
It's not you, it's the situation. And when a situation like the war in Iraq reminds you of a painful memory, your brain's self-defense mechanism will go off like an alarm, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
Sales and marketing of patriotic and anti-terrorism items fell dramatically from the peak that immediately followed Sept. 11. Now that Operation Iraqi Freedom has begun, sales will be strong for the foreseeable future.
As U.S. soldiers wage war in Iraq, many loved ones at home are battling stress. Signs of stress can include anxiety, muscle tension, headaches, increased heart rate and blood pressure or loss of concentration.
The author of "The Rhetoric of Risk" is available to dissect and comment on the rhetoric of President Bush and other leaders as the nation continues the war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
Alma College has professors and students who may be of value in offering opinions and expertise about the war in Iraq, especially concerning the morality of war and the effects of heat and chemical and biological agents.
1) Public sentiment, not media bias, shapes war coverage. 2) Fewer Iraqi casualties may be part of military strategy. 3 ) More Temple experts available to discuss war with Iraq.
"Prime Minister Koizumi is in a very difficult situation. The Japanese public does not support "unilateral" action against Iraq. Japanese intellectuals are critical of the handling of this and past situations. "
The Wake Forest News Service has prepared a list of university experts available to comment on stories related to war with Iraq. Sources range from experts on international law and presidential communication to scholars familiar with the topics of Islam and the intersection of religion and politics.
Should the United States go to war in Iraq, the sagging economy could get a lift from consumers if the military effort goes well, says the director of Purdue University's Retail Institute.
A Purdue University pop culture expert will tune into this year's Academy Awards not to hear who wins, but to hear what the stars have to say about war in Iraq. "Hollywood loves to step up to the soapbox as they did during the Vietnam War."
1) Counseling psychologist, calming children during war. 2) Professor of nuclear physics, Iraq using weapons of mass destruction. 3) Sociologist, conservative churchgoers harboring anti-Islamic views. 4) Many more.
Rich Hanley, professor of e-media at Quinnipiac University is studying the use of information technology by anti-Iraq war protesters.
The United States is bracing for war with Iraq. But after a war, can the United States build a new Iraq?
A Middle East authority and media commentator believes that even if things go well for the invasion of Iraq, rebuilding will be replete with problems as yet fully considered. And he says authoritarianism, not democracy, is more likely to thrive as a result of the war.
It's a question that parents are going to have to deal with: "Are people going to die in the war, mommy?" A Saint Louis University pediatrician helps parents address this difficult issue.
Economist Abbas Alnasrawi is watching the increasingly volatile situation between the United States and Iraq from a unique vantage point: as an economist and a native of Iraq.
Purdue University experts talk about topics related to the threat of war, such as antiwar protests and rally pubilc opinion.
Experts on the U.S.-German relationship are available to discuss the future of that relationship in view of the rift between the countries over war with Iraq.
"Winning a war with Iraq would be the easy part," says UAB anthropologist Brian Hesse, Ph.D. "Winning the peace would be hard."
President Bush's efforts to justify his Iraq policy has its roots in the Cold War and earlier conflicts according to a Maryland assistant professor in the university's communication department and an expert on political rhetoric.
In times of national crises, governments have used various methods to rally the public. Gail Chisholm is a noted authority on propaganda (and other vintage posters) and has an extensive collection of such posters from World War I to the present.
Grand Valley State University experts are available to discuss a wide variety of topics relating to a possible war with Iraq, including political, archaeological, geo-political, historical, and communications-related impacts.
Purdue University experts discuss a variety of topics, such as military families, reservists, international law and civil liberties, related to a possible war with Iraq.
Mistrust between the United States and Europe isn't new, but it's more evident as the states push for war with Iraq to combat terrorism.
Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of issues related to a potential war with Iraq.
Despite Secretary of State Colin Powell's argument for U.N. Security Council action against Iraq, some council members still favor continued weapons inspections.
1)A military victory in Iraq may cause as many problems as it solves. 2)Though eloquent, Powell's address didn't change global opposition to war. 3)Is a hydrogen car in your (immediate) future?
The typical college days of attending classes, studying and spending time with friends at Wake Forest University have been altered by the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.
While the Pentagon's plan to embed reporters and photographers with combat units in Iraq will grant the American public the most open coverage of U.S. military action since the Vietnam War, Americans should remain very skeptical consumers of that news and information.
The prospect of a possible war with Iraq may frighten many children. "News about war can be especially alarming for young children," said UAB child development expert Jerry Aldridge, Ph.D.
As the conflict between the United States and Iraq continues, military families are facing the possibility that one or both parents may be called away from home and their children for many months.
U.S. Foreign Policy expert and Hamilton College Government Professor Yael Aronoff comments on US/Arab Relations and Iraq. She says, "Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would do more for the war against terrorism than would an invasion of Iraq."
Ball State University retail analyst James Lowry, who has been studying Christmas shopping trends for nearly four decades, is available to discuss the latest holiday shopping statistics.
The Bush administration says it has solid evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, but it has not made such information public.
The short answer is that nobody knows how close Saddam is to possessing his long-sought bomb, but that hasn't stopped the speculation.
As the United States considers whether to take military action against Iraq, the EU is forced to maintain a delicate balance between its multilateral approach to foreign conflicts and its strong economic and political ties to the United States.
Though current U.S. policies might portray Iraq as a much larger nuclear weapons threat, North Korea seems more dangerous, according to a Gettysburg College physics professor who served on the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Having signed the Congressional resolution authorizing force against Iraq and brought the U.S. proposal to the United Nations, Bush seems well on his way to convincing the public that action must be taken against Saddam Hussein. But an Arkansas researcher says Bush must convince a far more critical audience: the Iraqi people themselves.
The William R. Kenan Professor of History at Hamilton College, says, "To justify the unprecedented policy of preemptive attack, supporters of the Bush administration's resolution have frequently cited the examples of Winston Churchill in the 1930s, and John F. Kennedy in the 1960s. These are, at best, misleading historical analogies."
A war with Iraq could divide America much like the Vietnam War did more than 30 years ago, according to a Central Michigan University sociologist.
UAB political scientist Cassady Craft, Ph.D., says existing international agreements to control the trade of technology are seriously flawed and have failed to keep rogue nations like Iraq from obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
President Bush has said he wants a regime change in Iraq. In a simpler time, the U.S. might have declared war on Iraq. But wars are rarely formally declared any more. What impact does the fact of undeclared war have on what the U.S. can do militarily and diplomatically under international law?