Anti War Voices

 Prior to this course, I was unaware of AntiWar.com and the fight against war. Being a consumer of mainstream media I have not been exposed to the voices advocating for this. 

I believe the reason that we do not hear these anti war voices in mainstream media is due to politics and news sources being controlled/censored. Wars, as awful as they are win countries power and control. The idea of going to war as a country or individual is viewed as brave and patriotic. Most of the United States' citizens are so unfamiliar with the idea of antiwar that they do not even see it as a plausible option. 

The Anti War website definitely gives me a whole new perspective on the United States going to war. Articles that stick out to me most on the website are the "Conflict of Interest" ones. These ones point out corruption within America's government and political or war scandals. 

These articles criticize the government, but not how you would think. In todays political climate, many criticize their opposing political party not the government in total. This website is comfortable criticizing the government from 'both sides'. This is the right and duty that all American citizens have. 

I find it very smart and good for their cause that they have hundreds of authors writing articles and have news blogs and articles every day. This shows their persistence with the issue and shows that it is relevant and there are many events taking place. 

I think that finding these voices and websites are difficult because of censoring. Sites like Google are paid off by the government or politicians to censor any anti war publications. I believe this is done because anti war does not align with their campaigns and their own personal goals.