Thursday, April 25, 2013

Homework: Iraq War articles

Date assigned
Thursday, April 25


Assignment
Read three articles about the Iraq War:

1) If America Were Iraq - http://www.juancole.com/2004/09/if-america-were-iraq-what-would-it-be.html

2) What we Did to Iraq - http://www.juancole.com/2013/03/what-we-did-to-iraq.html

3) The Last Letter - http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/the_last_letter_20130318/

Then write a response (2 pages typed and double-spaced OR 3 pages handwritten and single-spaced).  You can answer the following questions directly, or you can use them as a way to guide your thoughts:

  1. Has the United States committed war crimes in Iraq?  Explain your answer.
  2. Should anyone from the United States government be charged with a crime for the Iraq War?  Explain your answer.
  3. Does the United States owe anything to Iraq, considering the state of the country today of 10 years of violence?  If so, what?  If not, why not?
  4. Does the US government owe anything to wounded veterans returning from the Iraq War?  Explain your answer.
  5. How do we prevent wars like this from happening in the future?


Due date
Monday, April 29

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