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, May 18, 2008

Much hope for peace

The blog 'Stand down', is based on articles about the middle east war conflict and its background. It primarily discusses about the US invasion in Iraq and its after effects. The president of the US, George.W.Bush has been accused of intervening with a country's sovereignty which finally lead to war. The authors of the articles declare that if Bush had not been involved in this conflict, it would have been a much simplified issue. Authors present a plethora of information from a significant number of sources to prove what they say. there are figures of the actual numbers of deaths and causalities to support the argument. The tone of the articles is aggressive as it talks about a controversial issue at hand. The authors go against the Bush government with proven evidence.
By reading this blog entries, i absorbed a lot information i didn't know about the issue in the middle east. The techniques the authors have used to prove the case is impressive. Even though the information is accurate or not, the authors have been successful in tempting the reader to read this article. It is up to the reader to decide whether the information given makes a good argument or not.

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