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.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Daimnation!

This blog is fairly cynical and critical of the actions of the United States. This seems appropriate for the blog, seeing that the main contributors are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ottawa and the strongly liberal New York City. I agree with what they write but is still get annoyed with stereotypical liberal tone that is constantly pitying the United States actions. I'm suprised by the contributors knowledge of the United States, they greatly concern themselves with the flaws of the United States' government but rarely reference the Government of Canada. But when they do they are also fairly critical and do not hesitate to expose it's own flaws. Realizing this, i have to admit that this blog isn't overly biased, just overly critical. I don't disagree with the blog, but I think its unfair to criticize the U.S's efforts to aid the disaster victims of Myanmar.

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