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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

Weekly plans and other materials will always be posted in Vista, not this blog. So go to Bb Vista to get the discussion prompts and other instructions.

I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

You should have received an email from me inviting you to become a contributor to this blog. The email was sent Monday afternoon to your official Drexel email address.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Blog 2a: Retreat or not retreat

A recent article on CNN shows the Iraqi ambassador to the United States asking the U.S that they still need our military support. He is also asking the next president of the United States, whoever it maybe (Barrack) to stay in Iraq a little while longer. If you ask me, he is asking a little too much. It's funny how he's asking the next president of the United States, when they have already pledged to withdraw from Iraq as soon as he/she takes office. The article can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/08/iraqi.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCText

In contrasts to that, another CNN article shows the secretary of defense Robert Gates talking the media about troop reductions by the year 2009. It's funny how the announcement comes only three days after the Iraqi ambassador asks for the U.S military to stay longer. The article also mentions that President Bush does not want the troops levels to go below 140,000 once they reach that number this summer. The only question is how will the next president bring home 140,000 troops home so fast as they have promised? We will have to wait and find out.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/11/gates.mullen/index.html#cnnSTCText

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