Welcome...and initial guidelines...

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.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Do US military need guidance?

I personally think that US military should hire engineers in terms guidance. We have to plan certain things before just firing bullets randomly and trying to be as effective as possible. If we have engineers who plan and analyze certain situations, then we would be better off. For example, if there are maximum number of suicide bombing and attacks happening at certain place, then engineers would pay very close attention to those particular areas. So, engineers can plan better in order to give US military the best potential of catching terrorists rather than getting killed. Obviously, its not easy as it seems, but the method we are using currently in Iraq is certainly not working. We need to plan before attacking, just like terrorists plan before they attack. We will have to be smart and conscious. Somehow they know what we are doing, but we don't know what they are up to. This is our biggest disadvantage, and thats why we will have to be extra conscious.

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