Glen Gemeniano COM100 12-1-98 Persuasive rebuttal speech I am refuting my previous speech where I tried to persuade you that the United States didn't need to take military action aganst Iraq, because by doing so we would be imposing our value system upon them. I felt I needed to refute my previous speech, because It is important to understand the whole situation before drawing a conclusion.In _______'s speech he introduced the issue of …showed first 75 words of 1298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1298 total…has been an attempt to get Islamic history back on the right tack and to make the umma [Muslim community] effective and strong once again. The Iranian revolution was not just an atavistic return to the past, but an attempt to impose decent values in Iran again. -- p. 265 If their religion our value system rationalize such acts as bombing the World Trade Center and U.S. embassies then something is wrong with their beliefs.