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The article begins with establishing the cultural context for the threats facing civilisation relating to war and their media portrayal. The rhetoric of peace employed for war narratives hinders a potential understanding of the problems experienced by local communities in the war afflicted areas. The next section of the paper considers problems of the ‘slithering war’ – spreading and fighting terrorism and the trivialisation of threats in the media. The final part discusses the rhetoric of peace in the context of the everyday media reality.