2008 Woodie Awards
'Mission unaccomplished': United Nations senior policy advisor addresses students
Chase Becicka
Issue date: 3/13/08 Section: News
Kirkwood Community College students received a unique opportunity to listen to and speak with a man from the United Nations on United States foreign policy on Feb. 21 in Cedar Hall.
United Nations member Jeffery Laurenti spoke to students in the Kirkwood Community College United Nations Student Alliance along with interested community members and students on Feb. 28 in Cedar Hall. Laurenti spoke about Iraq and the problems it faces as well as some of the potentially unknowns about the past and present, along with United States foreign policy.
Laurenti is a senior policy advisor to the United Nations Foundation and an expert in drug trade and securities issues. Kirkwood instructor Jeremy J. Brigham introduced and Laurenti and moderated the speech titled "Mission Unaccomplished."
Laurenti asked each student why he or she was attending Kirkwood and then jumped right into a discussion about the Iraq war. The first topic Laurenti addressed was the United States entry into war with Iraq without the support of the United Nations Security Council and that "the U.S. made clear it was going to rebuild Iraq the Bush administration way" leading to a hopeful puppet democracy for the United States to run. Laurenti also talked about the United Nations role in Iraq and the hostility they have received because of the enforced sanctions which caused considerable unforeseen backlash towards the United Nations once they entered Iraq including citing the examples of the bombing of a United Nations facility in 2003.
Micheal Abdalah, leader of Kirkwood's United Nations Student Alliance also spoke briefly, encouraging students to join the group which currently consists of six Kirkwood students. Students who are interested in joining Kirkwood's United Nations Student Alliance are encouraged to contact Kirkwood instructor Jeremy Brigham.
United Nations member Jeffery Laurenti spoke to students in the Kirkwood Community College United Nations Student Alliance along with interested community members and students on Feb. 28 in Cedar Hall. Laurenti spoke about Iraq and the problems it faces as well as some of the potentially unknowns about the past and present, along with United States foreign policy.
Laurenti is a senior policy advisor to the United Nations Foundation and an expert in drug trade and securities issues. Kirkwood instructor Jeremy J. Brigham introduced and Laurenti and moderated the speech titled "Mission Unaccomplished."
Laurenti asked each student why he or she was attending Kirkwood and then jumped right into a discussion about the Iraq war. The first topic Laurenti addressed was the United States entry into war with Iraq without the support of the United Nations Security Council and that "the U.S. made clear it was going to rebuild Iraq the Bush administration way" leading to a hopeful puppet democracy for the United States to run. Laurenti also talked about the United Nations role in Iraq and the hostility they have received because of the enforced sanctions which caused considerable unforeseen backlash towards the United Nations once they entered Iraq including citing the examples of the bombing of a United Nations facility in 2003.
Micheal Abdalah, leader of Kirkwood's United Nations Student Alliance also spoke briefly, encouraging students to join the group which currently consists of six Kirkwood students. Students who are interested in joining Kirkwood's United Nations Student Alliance are encouraged to contact Kirkwood instructor Jeremy Brigham.
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