Webster overall tone impact the audiences reception

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Reading "Recent Attempts at Reparations Show that World War II Is Not Over" by Timothy Webster, please thoughtfully answer the following questions.

1. What global efforts have been made to reconcile World War II atrocities and wrongdoings? Do you feel that the efforts are sufficient?

2. Webster writes, "In the United States, civil lawsuits emerged as one tool, among many, to probe wartime human rights violations" (213). What reparations are plaintiffs seeking through the court system? Are the plaintiffs generally successful?

3. The author contends that over the years, some U.S. presidential administrations have attempted to hold European and East Asian countries accountable for former human rights abuses whereas other administrations do not get involved. Why might some administrations be unconcerned with past wartime misdeeds? Is this indifference fair to former Korean comfort women (forced sex laborers) who are still alive today?

4. What is the author's strongest claim in this article?

5. How does Webster's overall tone impact the audience's reception of his argument? Does his tone shift from the beginning to the end of the article?

6. Webster believes that "The United States has the experience, leverage, and opportunity to resolve simmering animosities between its allies in Asia, as it did in Europe" (216). He then asks, "But does it have the ambition?" (216). What do you think?

7. Is Webster speaking on behalf of another entity? If so, what is his stake in the message, or why is this message important to him?

8. Webster details tragic human rights abuses from the 1940s, yet civil right violations still occur today. Discuss modern day civil rights movements occurring domestically or internationally.

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