Watergate:
The Watergate was a political scandal during the 1970’s. There was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Because of this scandal President Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Also some of Nixon’s administration officials were convicted. 5 men broke into the DNC headquarters on July 17, 1972. The FBI connected the men to the 1972 Committee to Re-elect the President by a slush fund. Former staff members testified against them. The President had tape recording systems in his office. The tapes told that the President had tried to cover up the break-in. There were several battles in the Supreme Court and Nixon had to hand over the tapes. He faced near impeachment and then resigned.
Persian Gulf War(1990-91):
Saddam Hussein accused the United Arab Emirates and the Kuwait of overproduction of oil on July 17, 1990. On August 1, the Iraq and Kuwait stopped talking. On August 2 Iraq invaded Kuwait. Iraq had over 21 million people and Kuwait little as 2 million. The US then claimed concern. The Iraqi then positioned themselves to attack Saudi Arabia. The Arabians then asked the US for help. 32 nations were involved.
http://www.usmm.org/gulf1.html
9-11 and the War on Terror- invasion of Afghanistan:
On September 11, 2001, also know as 9-11 the World Trade Center collapsed. It was attacked by two planes in which hit the twin towers and another hit the pentagon. A fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. None of the pilots of these planes survived. Nearly three thousand people died. Because of this attack the US invaded Afghanistan to rid of those to rid of the terrorists who planned this attack. They also did so to help protect our citizens from an event like this to happen again.
http://www.rense.com/general88/afgrh.htm
Invasion of Iraq-2003:
This invasion began on March 20, 2003. It involved the US, the United Kingdom, and other nations. The invasion marked the beginning of the Iraq War. On April 9th of ’08 Bagdad fell. On May 1st President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations. This terminated the Ba’ath Party’s rule. It also removed the Iraqis’ president Saddam Hussein. We captured him on December 14.
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/2003-invasion-of-iraq/
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