Hi kids!
We all know this whole Iraq thing is kind of scary. It seems complicated, hard to explain, and even harder to predict.
Well, we have good news. When you've done this lesson, Iraq will be easy to understand and predict. And all we have to do is put on our thinking caps, and follow the Golden Rule. That's where we imagine how we would feel if we were in the same situation as someone else, so we know how to behave and whether we're being mean or unfair.
It's going to be take LOTS of imagination, but any kid can do it. (Grownups may find it harder.) And when we're done, we'll know just how Iraqis think, and even what they'll do next. That could even save lives!
Ready? To think like an Iraqi in 2003, IMAGINE your country has a really terrible president -- the worst ever! Imagine he was world famous for torturing people, starting wars, and breaking the law -- and for the deaths of thousands of his own people. But somehow he stayed president for longer than anyone thought possible. (I TOLD you this took imagination!)
Now Imagine someone very powerful came to rescue us from this very bad man. ...
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