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.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Same Feelings of the Past

As I feel from my earlier post nothing has changed. I have read some new articles but my beliefs still remain strong and will continue that way unless something drastic changes. For instance a nuclear weapon or actually pulling out of Iraq and a modern civil war emerges as the Saudis and the Iranians fight for oil control into a massive war. If that happens I will not have gas and will be very angry. Iraq remains a quagmire that will not change. Bartebly's live style doesn't have many correlations in my mind with the war. It does have the American sentiment of not wanting to do work especially when we need to do and that we feel responsible for our mistakes, but we choose to dwell on them and not actually do any worthwhile work until it's too late.

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