Received: from exchange.chemeketa.edu ([199.101.8.15]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h1PNP2P23701 for <nifl-esl@nifl.gov>; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:25:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by EXCHANGE with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) id <FG7ZB9HC>; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:24:17 -0800 Message-ID: <C50587E3B025D3118DDB00A0C9FC3C5E0621691E@EXCHANGE> From: Virginia Tardaewether <tarv@chemeketa.edu> To: "'nifl-esl@nifl.gov'" <nifl-esl@nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8635] RE: RE: War as a cross-cultural issue Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:24:08 -0800 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Content-Type: text/plain Status: O Content-Length: 2117 Lines: 51 I have found this an interesting discussion. It reminds me of two things #1 always go to source and teach your students to know who the source is #2 do something about it and teach your students how to make changes in things they don't like ( we have a don't complain if you aren't willing to do something policy) This has led to many simple civics lessons, neighborhood change, writing letters, expressing opinion, honoring others, etc. Va -----Original Message----- From: AWilder106@aol.com [mailto:AWilder106@aol.com] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 15:49 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8594] RE: War as a cross-cultural issue Colleagues: On March 11, 1992, Barton Gellman wrote an article for the Washington Post describing a leaked, classified, memo written under the supervision of Paul Wolfowitz, then undersecretary for policy at the Defense Department. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney acknowledged that he and Wolfowitz "had played substanial roles in the document's creation and endorsed its principal views." I know about this because I read the newspaper and got a hint there that sent me back to 1992. A couple of more quotes: "....scenarios....included an American-led defense of Lithuania and Poland from invasion by Russia, wars against Iraq and North Korea to repel attacks on their southern neighbors..." Sen. Byrd: " The basic thrust of the document seems to be this: 'We love being the sole remaining superpower intheworld andwe want so much to remain that way that we are willing to put at risk the basic health of our economy and well-being of our people.....'" I listened to Sen. Byrd last fall and heard an up-dated version of this argument. For more hair raising, or at least informative, quotes, go to the article yourself. OK, so I was on my own treasure hunt, and I struck pay dirt, but I think teachers can instruct would be citizens on how to get useful information like this. Maybe it's too much, but policies do not come out of a vaccuum, and this is an example of how to track down a current issue to a written document. Andrea
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