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It is always important to understand the background of an organization and the values it deems as important. However, to take the understanding and conceptualization of an advocacy group to the next level, more aspects than just this must be scrutinized. Another crucial element of an advocacy group in order necessary for persuading an audience of their purpose is an analysis of who is affected, and who is to blame. The identifi

cation of these elements is what will eventually help stop the problem at hand.

The Stop the War Coalition is a group that was founded and is based in London, which speaks for itself when consider who is affected. If 9/11 is what spawned the creation of this campaign, it is evident that everyone is affected because non-Americans were motivated to form an anti-war group. The effects of 9/11 were influential on everyone in the world, not just America. America’s War on Terror clearly does not only impact America and the countries war is declared on, because people all across the globe are moved to rebel. War is a concept that affects ever

ybody and everything, despite a country’s best efforts to hone in on a specific issue. People fear and fight against war because the number of casualties is always disturbing, as so many innocent people suffer due to war. The arguments made against war are indisputable.

The Stop the War Coalition uses their constitution to explain their stance, but defends their position through all kinds of events. These demonstrations work to raise awareness among people cross-culturally about the harmfulness of war. People must open their eyes to the harsh reality of a country in wartime, and what impact that has on the world at large. The blame is easy to place in this situation; it is on the country that declares war. It is in the hands of

a president to declare war, and to end it. When Bush declared the War on Terror, he began a downward spiral of violence and horror. The Stop the War Coalition does all that is in their power to shed light on the detrimental nature of war, particularly this one, and emphasize the need for it to stop. They blame our government for these disastrous conditions and the wrath that all countries are facing as a result. The interesting quality about this particular issue is that blame can be easily identified and assigned incontrovertibly. In many campaigns, blame can be charged but not necessarily proven, but in this situation this is not the case. There is a simple beginning to this social problem’s beginning, and a surefire solution for its end. The question of the matter is—will it?