Got assigned blog topics for the discussions. (End Poverty/Hunger)
Blog Discussion:
- Saddam Hussein
- Pre-Leader
- Born 1937
- Never knew his father
- Brother died when he was two
- Lived with uncle until age of 10
- Applied to a military school, but got denied
- Returned to law school
- Focused on politics more than schoolwork
- Leadership-Death
- Bad leader
- Scared people
- Led Iraq to war with Iran
- Supported by U.S.
- Used chemical weapons
- 90's: had troops take Kuwait
- Defeated by United States
- Saddam fled after being attacked
- Hanged in 2006
- Pre-Leader
- Causes of the Iraq War
- Didn't allow weapon inspectors in
- Suspected nuclear activity but never confirmed
- Hussein was putting out false information to scare Iran
- Highlights/Lowlights in Iraq
- Bush
- Positives
- Toppled Hussein regime
- Established democracy
- Rebuilding Iraqi infrastucture
- Negatives
- Violations against prisoners (torture)
- Positives
- Obama
- Bringing back the troops in 2011
- Claimed he would bring troops back at the election
- Didn't pull out sooner
- Bush
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