The topic that I am interested in is the effect of the war on the citizens of Iraq. There are questions that I want an answer to such as how life has changed since the fall of Saddam and the rise of U.S. related and civil conflicts in Iraq. Do people there want democracy? Do they want the U.S. there? If so, how long is too long? I want to limit the time period from 2006 to the present.

As Americans, we tend to know very little about other countries and what is going on around the world. Even CNN barely covers things going on in other parts of the world. There are a lot of us who barely see any effects of this war here especially when compared to wars past where people had to make sacrifices, because we were at war. Therefore there is a disconnect between us and the war in Iraq. I think that we need to first know the truth from what the Iraqi people are feeling rather than the truth we may be fed by the government and the media so that we can fully assess the situation.

I plan on using the blog, , as a major source of information on this topic because I found that Iraqi citizens are blogging so I may be able to get more information from them. Blogs are becoming more prevalent in the media these days. I notice yesterday that CNN had a segment where they had three people on the show who I believe they called “Top Bloggers”, and they were talking about their opinions on the how the Democrats were doing in the Presidential Race. This signifies the growing popularity and importance of blogs so depending on the quantity and quality of the blogs I am researching, I may decide to leave them at the center of my focus and use other reliable sources to back them up.