Spring Break
Geography lesson meets Iraq war
Jessica Leggin/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 11/14/07 Section: News
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"I came here for geography, not an anti-war presentation," said the sophomore middle school education major.
Tuesday in the physical science building, Professor Mohameden Ould-Mey gave a presentation titled "The Iraq War and 9/11 as Footnotes to the Palestine-Israel Conflict" for Geography Week.
The geology/geography department in recognition of Geography Week invited Ould-Mey, an associated professor of geography at Indiana State University.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan established the third week in November as Geography Awareness Week. This week is set aside to promote the importance of geography through schools in the United States.
Ould-Mey began his presentation by asking what people thought the War on Terror was really about.
"Who believes the war was about weapons of mass destruction?" Ould-Mey asked.
Only two raised their hands in the audience.
Ould Mey asked, "Who believes the war is about democracy?"
This time three hands were raised.
Ould-Mey then asked if people thought the war was about oil, or democracy.
Again only a few raised their hands.
"I can say we are all confused about the war, and this is a serious confusion," Ould-Mey said. "We have to realize that there is a moral price for this war."
He showed a slide and explained how the United States spent $466 billion on the War in Iraq.
During his presentation, Ould-Mey showed pictures from the Abu Ghraib Prison.
The pictures displayed Iraqi prisoners stacked on top of each other unclothed and tortured by American troops.
Ould-Mey made it clear how wrong and immoral all this behavior was by American troops.
Doyle did not disagree with Ould-Mey but felt only one side of the story was being shown.
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Travis Bounds
posted 11/14/07 @ 12:00 AM CST
Doyle needs to get a grip, yeah its shitty the soldiers are dieing for no reason, I have two cousins and some friends over there. however the war is in vain, its not about terrorism, its about faulty intelligence about WMD's. (Continued…)
Rob
posted 11/14/07 @ 12:05 AM CST
Welcome to the world of frustration denial and hate, besides I thought it was $641 billion
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/251007war_costs/?p1=MEWell_Pos1
The Iraq war/prison media can all be found on the internet. (Continued…)
Erik tofte
posted 11/14/07 @ 2:38 AM CST
It sounds like Doyle is actually the one with the grip on the Iraq war. All he was saying is that both sides of the argument should be presented and no matter what one's personal thoughts on the war are, you should at least be able to admit that the other side does have valid points. (Continued…)
Travis Bounds
posted 11/14/07 @ 4:34 PM CST
Erik, I disagree, certainly the US solders are capable of doing a great many things, but they have proven to be ill equipped at peacekeeping, Certainly, its easy to rationalize what they are dieing for is some abstract since of duty, however, when a solder dies in Iraq, i am no better or worse off, they didn't die defending me against anything, If this was a Just war, such as World War II, i Could see your point, the men and women that died in that conflict, died saving the world from the horrible throws of evil. (Continued…)
John Gardner
posted 11/14/07 @ 5:43 PM CST
travis obviously ur retarded.
Jeremy Gordon
posted 11/14/07 @ 6:26 PM CST
Travis,
As an Iraq Veteran against the war, I still have to disagree with you. Eric is right when he says that American troops can accomplish anything, it's American politicians that can't. (Continued…)
Travis Bounds
posted 11/14/07 @ 8:09 PM CST
John Gardner, your obviously immature, and probably far more mentally deficient than I. Indeed, Jeremy you are correct, I am not blaming the soldiers for anything, and if given the proper training and equipment i fully believe the US armed services can do almost anything; they are good honest hardworking people, true heroes in their own right. (Continued…)
Erik tofte
posted 11/14/07 @ 10:01 PM CST
Travis, im sorry if every soldier that dies dosent have a direct effect for you, our bad on that how rude. And any soldier will tell you that to them Duty, Honor, Country are no abstracts. (Continued…)
Steve Harrison
posted 11/15/07 @ 4:17 AM CST
As an EIU alumnus (BS in ED, '72), I find it refreshing on occasion to revisit the opinions page of the DEN. What is refreshing, and eerily amusing, is to take-in the outspoken naivete of some college-age people. (Continued…)
Dan Carpenter
posted 11/16/07 @ 6:04 AM CST
What does Professor Mohameden Ould-Mey's topic have to do with the study of geography, ...beyond the location of the Middle East? Nothing! Ould-Mey should have been giving his speech to the Political Science students. (Continued…)
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