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Earlier this month (Feb 5) the JCU Faculty Learning Committee for Peace Building and Human Rights at John Carroll, in conjunction with the George A. Lopez. Senior Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame

George A. Lopez. Senior Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame

Program in Applied Ethics and the Center for Teaching and Learning, presented a lecture by George A. Lopez entitled "Why We Will Never Leave Iraq."

Professor Lopez, Senior Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, co-authored Winning Without War, Sensible Security Options for Dealing with Iraq (2002). He has appeared frequently on news media programs and has testified before Congress.

In his introduction of the guest speaker, Associate English Profesor Philip Metres said the Faculty Learning Committee is working to develop courses and programs such as the Belfast Institute, which recently won the British-American Chamber of Commerce Achievement Award for educational initiatives promoting bilateral relations in Northern Ireland. A similar initiative is being planned for South Africa.

Peace building, Dr. Metres noted, "echoes the Jesuit motto of being in the world but not of it."

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<--	Intro by Associate English Professor Philip Metres (3 min)
<--	Introductory remarks by George A. Lopez (3 min)
<--	1st reason "Why we'll never leave Iraq" (10:23)
<--	2nd reason (7:22)
<--	3rd reason (5:21)
<--	4th reason (6 min)
<--	Alternatives (5:43)
	Questions
<--	1. a) Why doesn't this Administration understand the things you've been talking about? b) How will the fact that much of the violence results from revenge make it possible for Sunnis and Shias to compromise? c) How much does this have to do with oil? (9:21)
<--	2. You said obtaining a political solution requires that you negotiate with scoundrels, and that one of the reasons we'll be in Iraq forever is because we're Americans and think we can fix anything. Say more about that. (6:50)
<--	3. Having had the experience of the terrorism in Northern Ireland, what does Tony Blair bring to this situation? (4:12)

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