Formative Assessment Blog to help you prepare for writing the critical thinking paper Based on the 2 mn video "U.S. General Wesley Clark: U.S. Military Plan To Overthrow 7 Countries In 5 Years" (slide 79 of Topic 5), on "PowerPoint slides 1-30, 78-96, 176-185, and 226-238", and in light of the above guidelines for the critical thinking paper, post a CONCISE blog post (100-150 words) in which (1) you identiy what common goals motivated the United States to support the Muslim 'jihad' in Afghanistan in the 1980s, to invade Iraq and overthrow the Iraqi government in 2003, to lead a NATO war to overthrow the Libyan government in 2011, to support Syrian rebels since 2011 to overthrow of the Syrian government, to support the Saudi-led coaltion since 2015 against the Ansarullah-led government in Yemen, and to maintain crippling sanctions against Iran since 1979; and (2) you identify what common goals unite Russia, China, Iran, and Syria in the current war in Syria. You should also make at least ONE comment on at least ONE class member's blog post. Obviously you are encouraged to read as many blog posts as you can and make as many comments as you like. When posting comments, please be courteous, engage the content, keep a positive tone, and be brief. The blog is worth 2 EXTRA credit points (2% of your final grade). To submit your blog post, you click on the link to the blog as it appears on this page, you create a blog entry, you type your blog entry and you post it. Do not submit blogs as attachments or email messages because they will not be accepted or graded

Formative Assessment Blog to help you prepare for writing the critical thinking paper

Based on the 2 mn video "U.S. General Wesley Clark: U.S. Military Plan To Overthrow 7 Countries In 5 Years" (slide 79 of Topic 5), on "PowerPoint slides 1-30, 78-96, 176-185, and 226-238", and in light of the above guidelines for the critical thinking paper, post a CONCISE blog post (100-150 words) in which (1) you identiy what common goals motivated the United States to support the Muslim 'jihad' in Afghanistan in the 1980s, to invade Iraq and overthrow the Iraqi government in 2003, to lead a NATO war to overthrow the Libyan government in 2011, to support Syrian rebels since 2011 to overthrow of the Syrian government, to support the Saudi-led coaltion since 2015 against the Ansarullah-led government in Yemen, and to maintain crippling sanctions against Iran since 1979; and (2) you identify what common goals unite Russia, China, Iran, and Syria in the current war in Syria. You should also make at least ONE comment on at least ONE class member's blog post. Obviously you are encouraged to read as many blog posts as you can and make as many comments as you like. When posting comments, please be courteous, engage the content, keep a positive tone, and be brief. The blog is worth 2 EXTRA credit points (2% of your final grade).

To submit your blog post, you click on the link to the blog as it appears on this page, you create a blog entry, you type your blog entry and you post it. Do not submit blogs as attachments or email messages because they will not be accepted or graded