John DeBakey

Dropin #4

October 18, 2005

Iraq War

For over the past two years the United States has been involved in a war with Iraq. Some Americans felt it important to invade Iraq, oust Saddam Hussein from power, and help the Iraqi people create a Democratic government. Other feel the war is unjust and should be stopped immediately because American soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians are being killed. Many people are now comparing the war in Iraq to that of the highly unpopular Vietnam War.

Students will be required to read the following articles and compare and contrast the author’s attitudes about the war in Iraq.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/editorial/0509/17/A17-315457.htm

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0405-31.htm

Questions to answer:

1) What are the differences in the author’s point of view?

2) Are there any similarities in the author’s point of view?

3) What was something you learned from each article that you didn’t know before?

4) Did your attitude about the war in Iraq change? If so, why?

5) Which article do you tend to agree with and why?