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phamos ([personal profile] phamos) wrote2007-08-27 08:18 pm
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So, I finished the Iraq section of my thesis. I just KNOW he's going to make me go back and put stuff about Abu Ghraib in. I left it out on purpose because I couldn't really see where it fit in -- it's not about neocons PER SE. I might be able to find a place for it in the last section, which is more straight-up about HR, but the paper is really mostly about the idea of democracy building and benevolent global hegemony, and I think that Abu Ghraib, as horrible as it was, doesn't quiiiiite go along with the theme. It's a very good example of how hypocritical the Bush administration is with regards to human rights, no doubt, but I just can't pin it specifically on the neocons. Which is totally, totally bogus. I will discuss this with him when I meet with him, and see if he has any idea where I could put it, if he does indeed think it needs to be in there.

So I have 47 pages and one more section to write (5-7 pages or so) by the beginning of next week. Down to the wire!

[identity profile] notcotuit.livejournal.com 2007-08-28 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...and it most definitely is NOT a piece of crap. It's a surprisingly compelling academic work. It's not exactly, "I laughed, I cried...," but it held my interest throughout. I am eagerly anticipating the finished version (108.0).