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|| Ismail Salami believes America should leave Afghanistan and focus on cleaning up their own economy before declaring war on Iran. ||  A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs. inconsistent--not in para 1 •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited-- inaccurately formatted. •Post your entry on the wiki by Friday, December 9th.
 * Ismail Salami

**1. Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan.** **Credit source** **2. Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan.** Your answer should address following bullet points: •Why is he/she interested in Afghanistan? Is it personal, political, social, economic, religious, humanitarian, etc? •How was this person affected when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan •How has this person been affected by the United States presence in Afghanistan? •How would this person's life change if the United States left Afghanistan abruptly? **3. How would your person answer the question: When should the United States leave Afghanistan? Credit source, organize in power paragraph **

First Paragraph:  Ismail Salami is a 43-year-old Iranian writer, lexicographer, Iranologist, and Middle East expert. In 2004, he started working at the Tehran Times as a language editor and later was promoted to editor-in-chief. In 2007, he joined Press TV where he became the manager of the website. To this day, he writes about issues in the US and Middle East. Salami lives in Tehran the capital of Iran.  Second Paragraph:  Since Salami writes mostly about issues in the US and Middle East, therefore, he is interested in the Afghanistan war. Salami writes extensively about the economic issues going on in the US talking about how our political leaders are hell-bent on raging war but not trying to put an end to the poverty in America. The US, for some time now, has been concerned about Iran’s nuclear program. When the possibility of war in Iran is brought up in Salami’s article //US War Rhetoric: The Road to Sedition// Salami seems not worried about the issue when he states, “Washington has seen better days and today is not its best day to indulge in another military adventure particular on a country such as Iran whose government stands on firm grounds and one which enjoys overwhelming popular support.” Salami hasn’t been affected by the war in Afghanistan personally. In an article titled //President Obama’s Cyclopean Perspective on Afghanistan War,// he shares his opinion on the war stating that it’s “a war which started in vain, a war which was never won and a war which never brought the Americans safety.” However, if American troops were taken out of Afghanistan Salami could be in trouble because of the ever-growing concern of nuclear programs the US has towards Iran.  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ab00ff; display: block; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ab00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Third Paragraph: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">If Salami was asked when the United States should leave Afghanistan he would answer with this: The US should leave the war as soon as possible because of their problems with their economy that they have neglected to take care of. This answer is very alike to a line in an article called //The Charity Begins at Home, Uncle Sam!// By Dr. Ismail Salami and Kourosh Ziabari, “the wars which Washington officials have mounted so far and will mount in future, have cost the US public purse billions of dollars which could have been used instead for empowering the American people and ameliorating the deplorable economic situation in the country.”

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">__Works Cited__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">Salami, Ismail. “President Obama’s Cyclopean Perspective on Afghanistan War.” Editorial. //Veterans Today//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. <http://www.veteranstoday.com/‌2011/‌10/‌09/‌president-obamas-cyclopean-perspective-on-afghanistan-war/>. Salami, Ismail. “US War Rhetoric: Road to Sedition.” Editorial. //Veterans Today//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. <http://www.veteranstoday.com/‌2011/‌11/‌14/‌us-war-rhetoric-the-road-to-sedition/>. Salami, Ismail, and Kourosh Ziabari. “Charity Stars at Home, Uncle Sam!” Editorial. //Opinion Maker//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. <http://www.opinion-maker.org/‌2011/‌08/‌charity-begins-at-home-uncle-sam/>.