Graffiti can portray many messages but one message that I think graffiti can and has been used to help is the idea or peace and war. This piece below by Banksy provided a key message showing soldiers painting a peace sign. The message that I retrieved from this was that even most soldiers want peace between sides and that the majority of the time there is no need for such violent events.
I also found a project named The Graffiti of War project, which is essentially a project to enable soldiers of war a chance to tell there story and explain there experiences through graffiti and art. The idea of this project is to portray a different side of the war, a side and perspective that can be seen only through the eyes of the soldiers. The URL for this video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H__KrhchUUw#!
Below is several images that was a part of this project and all of these have powerful images associated with the Iraq war.
http://www.icanvasart.com/banksy-soldiers-painting-peace-print.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H__KrhchUUw#!
http://halogentv.com/articles/in-pictures-graffiti-of-war/
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