Today we went over the map and finished our power point and watched a movie about George w. Bush.
notes
after the iraqi invasion, it was concluded that iraq had ended its wmd program in 1991vand had no active programs at the time of the invasion. the invasion of iraq led to the occupation and the eventual capture of president hussein. hussein was later tried in a n iraqi court of law and executed by the new iraqi government.
some accused saddam hussein of harboring and supporting al qaeda but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever. iraqi government human rights abuses. wanted to spread democracy to the country. oil interests. president bush wanted to "fix what his daddy messed up.
violence against colition forces. civil war and sectarian violence. the emergence of al qaedqa in iraq. abu ghraib torture and prisoner abuse 2004.
started the war in 2003. war was supported at first but no wmd was found led to war becoming very unpopular. abu ghraib. accused of not having an exit strategy. helped establish a new demorcratic government in iraq. the surge took place in 2007. it hleped get the violence under control in iraq. started troop reduction in 2008.
opposed to war at the outset as a senator. after being elected president, obama switched the focus to war in afghanistan. pulled out all us combat troops in august 2012. pulled all us troops out in december 2011.
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