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

The Rational Enquirer, December 2005

I chose the most recent blog in this section. The author is angry at Scott McClennan for some comments and things he has said. The author uses parts of interviews that McClennan has talked in and has written about some hypocracy he has found. One point the author makes is while he says he's saddend by the saddened by the loss of life, but then goes and makes jokes about it. The author piles information about wrongs done against veterans like, slashing benifits, exposing them to toxins, etc. while saying things about how they feel for the families, etc. The author points out how the goverment and it's spokesmen talk about how they feel sad for the families and over the loss of life, while they're doing things to harm veterans and people coming back from the war.

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