Wednesday, February 20, 2013

9/11 and the War on Terror: Alternative Views and Public Opinion

Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore (2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11

Among the patriotic sentiment following 9/11, alternative views did exist --

Bob Jensen on 9/11 (published in Houston Chronicle on 9/12/2001) and UT president's response to it:
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0912-08.htm 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jensen#Controversy
http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2001-09-28/83161/

Susan Sontag's essay (published in The New Yorker on 9/17/2001):
http://www.msgr.ca/msgr-3/talk_of_the_town_susan_sontag.htm

The World's response to 9/11: We Are All Americans
http://mentalfloss.com/article/28724/we-are-all-americans-worlds-response-911
http://www.pewglobal.org/database/?indicator=8&survey=1&response=Favor&mode=chart

President Bush Addresses the Nation (March 19, 2003)
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html

International and domestic public opinion about the War in Iraq:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_on_the_Iraq_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_opinion_in_the_United_States_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq

Historical perspective:

Anti-war movement in the 1960s, which inspired social movements in places like Taiwan

-- John Lennon
"Imagine": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUGSYDKUxU

-- Bob Dylan
"Blowin' in the Wind" 1963: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA
2011 in Taipei: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150211742725540

-- Joan Baez
"Jerusalem": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTQmilVRJf0

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