Working Hypothesis

August 6, 2008 mjbisign

When I first began this research assignment I was unsure about the inquiry question I wanted to pursue. It was between the ideas of the liberals during this war in Iraq or the amount of people that have been killed in the war so far and why we are still fighting this war. As I did more and more research and posted on my blog, my inquiry question evolved and changed. I took my idea of why are we still fighting this war and turned it into finding reasons for the lack of respect and support for the United States (after September 11 more specially). I feel that my question has changed into this because originally my ideas were very broad. By focusing on different aspects of them it narrowed down my field of inquiry. Also, by exploring the sources that were out there and coming across different blogs and sites it helped to change my focus as well.
I know a lot more about my topic now than I did before. When I first began this unit I was unsure about a lot of things and even still a little up in the air about my overall feelings on the war in Iraq. After a lot of research though, I have been able to put a lot of ideas together and form my own opinions on the issue. In relation to my topic of inquiry I now know that the bush administration has done a lot of lying and misleading to the American people. Because of all of this, the American publics support for the war has gone downhill. As a result of this, it has seemed that the support for the soldiers and troops oversees has diminished as well although this is not the case. When people are not in favor of the administrations decisions they will do what they have to and feel is necessary to voice those opinions. The only way Americans now know how to voice those opinions is through a lack of support for all aspects of the war. Since this war has not made any progress in ending, Americans are growing tired of waiting around and having hundreds and hundreds of soldiers coming home injured and dead. By reading the blogs of veterans it has given me the knowledge of their feelings on the war and it has become more and more relevant that they are just like most other Americans- they want the war to end.
Overall, I think I want to know more about the underlying reasons for the Bush administration lying to the Americans for the reasons for declaring war in Iraq. Reasons such as them having weapons of mass destruction were used and the public eventually realized that it was all false. These are the things that lead to the disrespect for the United States. Nationalism and patriotism are things that link all of this together. Although I have some reasons for this, such as by having immense support for the war at first by many Americans and then it slowly falling apart, I know there are still more out there. All of this potential information is important because it will enhance my idea and topic of why is there a continuing disrespect for the United States after 9/11. By getting more in depth to my sources hopefully some of this new information will evolve for me. Otherwise, will look even more at new sources and distribute my survey to even more people.
For the most part, all of my sources work together. My topic that I am researching is not specific in the sense that there is only one idea linked with it, but that there are many different ideas that can make it up. Since this is the case, it is hard to find gaps in my research for new ideas, but my new ideas come from different sources and how they work together in conversation. Everything that I have believed to be true for the most part has been true. The fact that I am anti-war has in some ways influenced my beliefs as being true but my sources are what confirmed all of this. The media is also works in connection with my ideas because at this point in time most of the American public is against the war in iraq and what the Bush administration is doing. Media works in the fashion that they want the public to believe what they say. So, if they work with the majority they will get the most viewings and positive responses. Although this might not always be the most accurate information to go off of, it is still useful in research because it is opinions and beliefs that are out there.
At this point, I feel that I have a lot of good information. An argument that I feel I could make right now is that the lying and misleading of the Bush administration is what has lead to disrespect for the United States by many Americans. My justifications would be that as Americans, we were mislead as to the reasons that we were going to be fighting this war. After being lied to various times, how is one supposed to take anything else the Bush administration has to say seriously. By having a lack of respect for the administration in charge, it relates to having a disrespect for the country as a whole. Other countries view America negatively and it is a problem that most Americans agree with them and view our country in the same way. Our soldiers that are coming home and our veterans even are not in support of this war. It is hard for soldiers to fight for our country during this war when it is something that they do not believe in. All of these feelings are what have lead to the disrespect of the United States by American people.

Entry Filed under: Uncategorized

Trackback this post  |  Subscribe to comments via RSS Feed