Shanker, Thom. "Mullen Says Iraq "Running Out of Time" on Forces Accord." October 21, 2008 22 Oct 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
1st outside Reading
My first post I decided to relate to The Iliad and the theme of war and control. I found an article about the war in Iraq discussing the U.S. authority in Iraq. The U.S. wishes to extend our authority in Iraq past the end of this year while Iraq is fighting against this influence. Admiral Mike Mullen explains that the U.S. Staying is a good idea and that Iran is too involved in the issue. The U.S. believes that if we leave Iraq’s armies are not ready to protect their country and keep their country afloat. The Admiral believes that Iran has ulterior motives to getting the U.S. out of Iraq. He says Iraq is “running out of time” and that he is worried about Iraq not excepting this plan to have the U.S. staying in the country. The U.S. is still fighting for control in Iraq and we have plans to get more involved in the actions of Iraq.
Shanker, Thom. "Mullen Says Iraq "Running Out of Time" on Forces Accord." October 21, 2008 22 Oct 2008.
Shanker, Thom. "Mullen Says Iraq "Running Out of Time" on Forces Accord." October 21, 2008 22 Oct 2008
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This was intresting to read and really makes me think. I generally am not very involved in all this Iraq war stuff so i'm rather confused. In your post you said "Iraq’s armies are not ready to protect their country and keep their country afloat" But why do WE need to protect their country and keep it afloat? Shouldn't they be responsible for their own peace and prosperity? I also find myself wondering if the facts and things you mentioned in this article will stay the same with our new president. You did a really good job stating the key facts and summarizing your article in this post which gave me a detailed idea of what is going on.
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