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.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Logic

As you look through all the things everyone has said since week 1, it is apparent that most people seem to accept that we are in Iraq and we cannot do anything to change it. However, more people now are realizing the human element and the consequences of the action that the United States took and the chain of events that has led to the point where we are currently at. However, the language used by some people including "hating the war" seems a bit too strong for the fact of the matter that war is always going to happen, and we cannot do anything to stop it. So if you are going to go on and hate something, why not hope for the best and support the positive efforts that have arisen from this conflict. Sure, people have died, but if the public continues to view every little possible thing about the war negatively, the only thing left would be to negatively impact the end result of the war. Soldiers are affected about how the public feels about the war. People can discuss their distaste of the war, but they also need to praise the work that the troops are doing over there. After all, they have sworn to protect and defend this country and our constitution.

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