The President's Speech

According to the Washington Post, President Bush said that he was going to add another 150 personnel to the reconstruction effort in Iraq. These individuals will be responsible for helping to build schools and local government and political interest groups. I'm not an expert on reconstruction, but considering the President is sending another 20,000 soldiers overseas, I'm not sure if 150 reconstructers is enough? What do you think?

I think it's particularly interesting however that the government does recognize the importance of building schools in Iraq. What should be the purpose of these schools? What should be taught? Might right wing Islamists call the curriculum American propoganda?

So many questions can stem from the President's speech last night. The speech was only twenty minutes long. You might consider showing it to your students and allowing them to ask their own questions. Perhaps they could even address their questions to the White House?