I don't know. Is it just me or do you hear the war drum beat harder as well?
Many press commentaries compare the years 1929 and 2009 - both years of economic crisis. Both culminating into a World War? We will not let it come this far. I hope. But for now there's the war in Iraq, then the drones in Pakistan, social unrest in China (and soon in your backyard?), chaos in Afghanistan, North Korea launches the next rocket and now the pirates in Somalia.
For the media the pirates stand for great headlines, powerful imagery and stories on a grand scale. At least for a while. But what beats the war drum is not so much what they report but how they do it. In the western media the pirates are presented as deadly and greedy, disrupting peaceful civilian sea transports for money. But to the Somalians these are not pirates but
coast guards.
At least according to this interview with Somalia born rapper Knaan. I have no means of proving his comments right or wrong. But I found them new and coming from a different angle. And looking at things from different angles does help in times of crisis.
Watch the clip
here.
BTW our research for our doc THE THAW OF WAR continues: If you have any other different angles or input on who to interview, what other topics to cover and/or research please leave us a note here.
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