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

Stand Down

Stand Down is a blog that holds anti-war discussions including current events, the broader background of Western Imperialism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the Western media, anti-war tactics. The members post information which has not been covered in major news networks. Recently a member posted a article which showed a President Bush authorizing covert actions against the Iranian regime. The offensive covers an area from Lebanon to Afghanistan, which includes assassination of high ranked officers. Another post talked bout President Bush considered a nuclear strike against Iran. The blog basically criticizes President Bush's handling of the war. The blog gave me an impression that the bloggers were extremely biased and extreme. The first first two posts basically talked about covert operations against other countries and the use of Nuclear weapons against Iran.
http://www.nowarblog.org/section/__all__

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