The Taliban are based in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Taliban started in the 80's and were freedom fighters against the Soviet Union. After the Soviet's left there is a civil war in Afghanistan, and in 1995 the Taliban took control of 90% of Afghanistan. Our invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 took them out of power. Taliban practiced Islamic law. They could not have music or TV. Afghanistan is/was the largest producer of opiate drugs. The Taliban and Al Qaeda are sort of mixed in the mountains.
Bush sent troops into Afghanistan. Because of the invasion the Taliban was put out of power. The US saved lots of people, and raised the Afghanistan life expectancy from 41 to 61.
Big problem for President Bush was that we invaded Iraq, and we put all of our attention on that war. President Obama promised that our troops would be out by 2014. He wanted our focus to be back on taking down our enemies in Afghanistan. We are giving the people of Afghanistan necessities to put together farmland that the war destroyed. The US is also increasing the amount of schools to give children education.
Iraq invaded Iran. Saddam Hussein had a hard childhood because neither of his parents raised him. At age 20 he joined the Baath party and tried to assassinate the Iraq President. He used to be the President's Secretary. He modernized the economy. He raised social services and helped build up the education system in Iraq. He created an army that was known for raping and assassinating people. He built up a chemical stockpile. He had his political enemies assassinated so they didn't have a chance to throw them over. In 1991 he invaded Kuwait. The US put economic sanctions on Iraq. After 9/11 people believed that Iraq had been building WMD's for future terrorist acts. He was hung for crimes against his people for gassing them.
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