I have not been influenced by the war in Iraq what so ever. I don’t even personally know anyone, who was involved in the war or that was directly effected by it. Hell, I was not even in the US when the war started and the first four years of the fighting. Outside of the US, I have never seen any media coverage or news paper articles discussing the war in Iraq. Now that I have been in the US for some months and I thought that would change dramatically. Yet I still hardly see any media coverage or hear any conversations concerning the war in Iraq. It feels like the entire war is swift under the rug. However, now I have a chance to explore what is happening in Iraq and how other students feel about it with the help of English 103 and this blog.
The war in Iraq is not a popular topic outside of the US and Iraq. It really doesn’t concern any other nation expect the two that are involved in it. Here and there I hear people say that the rest world should care about what is happening in Iraq. However why should any other nations even give a damn? When the majority of the American public does not care. From the news and the media in the US, I think Americans seem to care more about the lives of celebrities than the lives of the soldiers fighting in Iraq. The evening news and the popular networks hardly have any coverage of what are happening in Iraq. Therefore Americans should start caring about the war in Iraq, and then they can expect other nations to care...
1 comment:
You bring up a very good point that there are only two nations that "seem to care" - Iraq and the United States.
I guess right now, the United States doesn't really view the events going on as a war, otherwise, wouldn't we try to seek out help from our allies and try to end it?
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