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Thursday, August 21, 2008
This Is Not the Change We Hoped For: House Concurrent Resolution 362
In this article, Professor Bica analyzes H.Con. Res. 362 and expresses disappointment and frustration with the democrats in Congress.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Whether to Achieve Victory in Iraq or "Surrender"
Professor Camillo "Mac" Bica argues that "victory" in Iraq, however defined, is neither a legal nor moral option.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Does Protest Embolden the Iraqi Insurgency?
In this essay, Dr. Bica considers the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper entitled "Is There an "Emboldenment" Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq," (Iyengar and Monten)and challenges its conclusions that open debate about the war gives hope and encouragement (aid and comfort) to the insurgents thereby prolonging the conflict, threatening America's ability to achieve victory, demoralizing the troops . .
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Thoughts of an Ex-Marine Officer Turned Peace Activist
In this article, Dr. Bica, himself a former Marine Corps Officer, ponders whether his activism for peace is a betrayal of some sacred trust and bond.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Beyond PTSD Part Two: The Moral Casualties of War, Programming Our Children to Kill
In this essay, I will argue that moral injuries are primarily the consequence of late adolescents/young adults having undergone the sophisticated psychological and emotional conditioning regimen of basic training/boot camp – being programmed to kill – and then, upon experiencing the horror and insanity – the reality – of war, suffering the realization of the moral gravity of their actions on the battlefield.
Monday, May 28, 2007
The Brotherhood of the Warrior: The Love that Binds Us
We talk often of military service in war as a civic and patriotic duty. But as the realities of combat and of the battlefield become apparent, patriotic sentiments, political ideologies, and mythologies fade quickly beneath the screams of the unbearable pain of the mutilated and the dying. Ultimately, warriors fight, kill, and accept injury and death, neither for god nor for country, but from a personal code of honor.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Mythologizing War: The Hidden Abuse and Exploitation of Members of the Military, Veterans, and Gold Star Families
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Sometimes mistreatment, even exploitation, is not as apparent to the casual observer as are walls covered with fungus and rooms infested with vermin. The abuse of which I speak, the mythologizing of war, is far more subtle, hidden within a tangle of political deceit and manipulation, but equally as harmful, malicious, and disgraceful.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Collateral Damage: A Military Euphemism for Murder
Inherent in modern war-making practice is the conviction that there is a significant moral difference between killing innocent civilians in an attack such as that on the World Trade Center or on a bus filled with college students and killing noncombatants during a military response to such an attack.
Friday, May 18, 2007
On the Duty to Counter Recruitment
Counter recruitment is a strategy for bringing attention to deceptive recruitment practices and to the immorality and illegality of the war in Iraq. Its ultimate goal is to discourage enlistment into the military, primarily through counseling and educating prospective recruits and by denying recruiters access to our schools and to our children.
