Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Talking With Iraqi Students

An interesting article in the Huffington Post describes an ongoing conversation between students at Davidson College in North Carolina and the University of Baghdad in Iraq. The two previous conversations were in 2003, the first on March 12 before the war and the second on May 8th after the invasion.

"When I asked the U.S. group if the war had been worth it, almost all agreed that it had been a mistake and 'not worth it.'"

"One [Iraqi student] captured this ambivalence in a single sentence: 'We need help - don't leave us,' the student begged, 'but at the same time, leave as soon as possible.'"

"It was important to the Baghdad students that their American counterparts understand that they don't believe their country is in a civil war. Rather, it is a power struggle between competing political groups, with innocent Sunnis and Shi'ais caught in the middle."

It's a good article worth a read.

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