blog1a april 6

In my first source on Iraq, "Tip Led to Discovery of Maupin", in the blog site, http://www.soldiersperspective.us/, the soldier writes about how how a lot of people want to pull the troops out of Iraq and sent back home. "We're hated. We're loathed. We're unwelcome "occupiers" of a proud nation." The soldier describes here how many people believe that the troops do not belong in Iraq. However, this soldier strongly disagrees and says that there is a huge improvement in a changing Iraq. For example, a missing soldier since 2004, was found because of tips given to the US soldiers from Iraqi citizens. According to the soldier, the role of his troop's presence is strongy affecting the country. However, in Time's article, "In a Calmer Baghdad, Maliki Caves", in the website, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1728136,00.html, the writers expresses strong feelings towards the unnecessary presence of the US army in Iraq. In the article, it describes the ongoing war between the Sunnis and the Shiites, the two Islamic factions, who have been fighting for endless years. This is almost, like a civil war between each other, unwilling to share any power with each other. How can we expect the Iraqis to cooperate with the American troops, if they can't even reconsile their differences with each other? I feel like the first source, the blog of the soldier, is totally biased because of the fact that he is one individual, who had read the report somewhere and wrote his own thoughts on it. I feel like he is of course going to strongly believe that the soldiers, including himself, are serving to bring Iraq into peace. His own personal emotions on the war has a huge effect on how he wrote his blog. He is not going to say that he is failing, and not doing what they came to do.The second source from Time, is mostly factual because the reporter had most likely researched on his own and wrote the article based on facts. I feel like because it is a well known, reliable source, I can truly believe that in Iraq, violence is still present and not decreasing at any means, even if an Iraqi citizen did help to find a kidnapped soldier. All in all, I believe that the two sources contrast in the way that they are two totally different sources: one being an internet blog where a soldier can freely express his opinions, and the other, a reliable and well known news establishment where many experienced professionals actually write based on facts, not opinions.