I think the best option for the USA is option 4 to divide Iraq into 3 countries in order to make fewer conflicts between the Sunni, Shi’a, and the Kurds. Before the occupation of the Britain and the US, Iraq was ruled by the Ottoman Empire into three different regions and there were no conflicts. So, Iraq should be divided into three countries so no conflicts will occur. The only problem dividing Iraq is how to divide them equally for there natural resources like oil. The only region that has no oil is the Sunni region. It will be a problem but if the UN helps this program it could go smoothly.

Provide a brief summary of the blog (3-5 sentences)

The blog Baghdad Connect is about violence in a neighbor hood in Iraq. It explains the events that happened in the neighbor hood. The blogger provides photos of a vedio.

Rank how reliable you think the blog entry is using the following scale: reliable, somewhat reliable, or unreliable.

reliable

Justify your ranking above

The blogger wrote this to show the unstable ness and the danger of Iraq. I think the blog is reliable because it tells what happened in the neighbor hood and shows photos of a event.

What biases or viewpoints are present in the blog entry?

The blog has a view point of dangerous and unstable Iraq. For example, in the blog it talks about killing in the neighbor hood. The people with dark skin in the street are called Shrougi and get killed instantly.

What evidence supports your answer above? Find language that colors the message. Try to articulate what is being left out.

Healing Iraq

Provide a brief summary of the blog (3-5 sentences)

The blog is about news in Iraq of post Saddam Hussein written by an Iraqi dentist. But sadly he was killed at Baghdad when he went to take his family out but he couldn’t make it. Luckily his body was found unlike others who vanish.

Rank how reliable you think the blog entry is using the following scale: reliable, somewhat reliable, or unreliable.

Reliable

Justify your ranking above

A Iraqi dentist wrote the blog. He wrote this blog to show to show the Iraq that is not shown on news like CNN. He posts many videos from other websites to show how horrible it is in Iraq.

What biases or viewpoints are present in the blog entry?

The blogger’s point of view is against Hussein and the US. It shows in his post “Suq al-Shiyukh”. It says that Iraq hasn’t changed a lot and the role of Saddam Hussein changed to the US.

Genocide is the way humans are. I think it is the way humans are because genocides were already happening since very long time ago. You can tell this from history. For example, in Spain right now most people are catholic but long time ago there were many Muslim people living in the country. Now there are few left in the country.

I think genocides can be stopped in the future. It will become not inevitable because of the way that school teaches. In schools they teach history very importantly. In history they teach the horrible events very carefully like the Holocaust so, it would not be repeated.

Synopsis

Before WWII young Italian Jew named Guido came to North Italia with his friend. Guid marry an elementary school teacher named Dora and their first child Joshua is born. But, soon the Nazi comes and all three of them get sent to the concentration camp in Germany. Guid tells his son that the concentration camp is a game to win a tank.

l        Who is target audience?

This movie is aimed to people who want to see comedy and tragic movie.

l        How are the individuals or groups of people being represented or misrepresented in the film?

In the film the Jewish people were represented as weak innocent people. The children and the old people get killed in the gas chamber.

l        What do you think the meaning of the narrative is? Why was it created?

The movie was created to show how the Nazi were during the WWII.

l        Were stereotypes being perpetuated or broken down?

The stereotypes how the movie were Nazi were evil and brutal and the Jewish people as innocent people.

l        Did you like the film? Support your answer.

I liked this movie a lot because I like how Guid lied to his son Joshua that the concentration camp is a game.

Masaru Mizuno

Mr.Bergey

News Investigation

Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7274038.stm　

Title: Venezuela ‘sends tanks to border’

              I read the article about Venezuela sending tanks to the border of Colombia. Hugo Chavez told Colombia that they will close the embassy in Colombia because Chavez thinks that the president of Colombia killed the top commander of the left wing Farc rebel in Ecuador. President Chavez was mediating with the Farc to release the hostages and six people were freed so far. Chavez states that if this happens in Venezuela a war will happen between Colombia and Venezuela.

              After reading the article I had few questions. The first question is what is Farc. I did not really understand the article because I didn’t know what it was. On internet I found out that Farc is a terrorist group in Colombia and its name is Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army. Farc has about 6000-8,000 members and is guerrilla movement. They are in 15-20 percent of Colombia’s territory especially in southeaster jungles and Andes Mountains. The next question was why Chavez got angry at Colombia when they killed a commander of Farc in Ecuador. Another question is why Chavez thought that “Colombia “invaded Ecuador, flagrantly violated Ecuador‘s sovereignty”.” The last question is why Chavez closed the embassy of Venezuela in Ecuador.

              I think back ground information of Farc and Venezuela will help me understand more a bout the article because it only said that Chaves was trying to free the hostages from Farc. The back ground information of Farc and Venezuela will be interesting.

    I think you cannot escape from past deeds because it will stay with u forever even if someone else doesn’t know.　The action in the past will affect who you are because the action in the past defines who and what you are. It defines you because the actions were made by the decisions that were made. The actions made in the past makes you a product of what you have done. When you take a action and you mistake you learn new stuff.

this is my blog.

Masaru