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Homegrown Headache Re "India's War At Home" [Oct. 26]: While it is true that New Delhi's military methods are alienating Kashmiri youth, we also need to appreciate that India has little choice in the matter. If the government follows a pacifist policy, the separatists and jihadis will indulge in bullying tactics and recruit more youth to extremism. When more repressive methods are adopted, they inflame passions and antagonize the local populace. In either situation, various steps taken by the Indian government favoring Kashmiris are forgotten. For example, non-Kashmiri Indians are barred from even owning property...
...Meza, a Chelsea, Massachusetts resident who serves as coordinator of the pacifist group Chelsea United Against the War, said she turned out to oppose the U.S.-Colombia military partnership...
...Mograbi’s films focus on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, particularly on how the constant violence between the two territories impacts their residents. Mograbi is well-known for adding incongruous elements to his films, including dark humor and his own musings, which often reflect his pacifist views. He says that his aversion to violence began to develop after a stint as a reserve soldier in 1983, when he refused to fight in the war between Israel and Lebanon. “I thought the war was initiated for no reason,” he says...
...simply as the Lady, who in August was sentenced to 11/2 years of house arrest - that had led me to the Shwe Zedi monastery in the first place. Located in the crumbling Indian Ocean port of Sittwe, Shwe Zedi was the monastery of U Ottama, a revered monk whose pacifist resistance against the colonial British inspired independence hero Aung San, father of Suu Kyi. In 2002, this was one of the few places the Nobel Peace Prize winner visited between stints of house arrest, and she called for political change from its lawn. Then, two years ago this month, Shwe...
...Many Swiss will tell you that there are multiple problems with the current policy, especially economic inefficiency, gender inequality, and a clash with popular pacifist sentiments. But compulsory service lives...