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.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Healing Iraq Blog

The post that I read tells about the feelings of Iraqi people. It shows how they have lost, lost joy, and lost the will to fight. They use examples from news articles, strong pictures, and also use examples from the normal everyday person to support their cases. I would highly recommend reading it because it opens your eyes.
For example, one post gives comments about Saddam's Verdict. "Although I am happy that Saddam is going to be executed, I think it's not going to change the real mess in Iraq." Another post is about a news story from Channel 4 that describes Iraq being the Lost Generation. "Nearly half of Iraq's population is under 21. It follows the lives of the insurgent, the soldier, the doctor, the militiaman, the prisoner, the salesman, and the disabled. All of them young Iraqis who have lost hope and feel they have no future."
I feel that this post opened by eyes because we are only given one side of the story. This is the other side that you don't really hear about because it will change your opinion. And that is not what they want. This blog makes you feel bad for them because the people in Iraq are a lot worse off than most of us in the United States. A couple stupid people who made a couple stupid decisions have changed these peoples lives forever.

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