There
is no way to see the Iraq war as a local one. The armies in Iraq
are regular armies, but there are also irregular ones confronting each
other
all over the Middle East, and a political battle being fought all over
the world. Historians may hesitate to call it a World War, but
these historians usually are not able to size and name events, anyway.
by:
Alberto Dines
Alberto
Dines, the author, is a journalist, founder and researcher at LABJORLaboratÅrio
de Estudos AvanÍados em Jornalismo (Laboratory for Advanced Studies
in Journalism) at UNICAMP (University of Campinas) and editor of
the ObservatÅrio da Imprensa. He also writes a column on cultural
issues for the Rio daily Jornal do Brasil. You can reach him by
email at obsimp@ig.com.br
Translated
by Tereza Braga, email: tbragaling@cs.com
This
article was originally published in ObservatÅrio da Imprensa – www.observatoriodaimprensa.com.br
