HW 30: Iraq Body Count

I went to another citizenship symposium, it was called Iraq Body Count: Real People Fake Numbers. This was a speech given by an associate professor at Keene State College, Stephen J. Clark PhD. The speech was informative on whether the facts and information that we receive from the press is reliable or not when it comes to the war in Iraq. We are reading a book in class called Baghdad Burning, and it relates to the same idea. The author is filling us in on what is really happening in Iraq, so that we are not filled in with phony information. How do we as Americans know that what we hear and see is real or not?! He told us to "think deeply about what people inform us about this war, and take into serious consideration whether it is true or not." We also need to think about the impact that we are having on Iraq, on thing that really caught my attention is when he used the comparison of deaths monthly in Iraq to the comparison of deaths yearly in Washington, D.C. This means that the amount of people killed in D.C. in ONE YEAR is equivalent to the amount of people who die in ONE MONTH in Iraq. This is certainly devastating and very life altering for these people. Professor Clark said that us people need to fix this issue and help these people out, but by doing so we need to take some precautions and make sure that all of the information that we receive is valid and useful. America needs to come together as a nation and come to conclusion with this tragedy! We have more to worry about other than hurting our fellow citizens.