Monday- Gone
Tuesday- 9/11, 4 planes, 2 hit trade centers, one hit pentagon, one crash landed, around 3000 lives lost, jobs lost, many things were postponed or delayed in respect, airports closed down for a few days, Patriot Act- allowed for the regulating of communications, Bush Doctrine- US should depose foreign government that represented a potential threat to the security at the US, Encourage democracy around the world, Especially in the middle east,
Watergate Scandal- Richard Nixon- May 1972, Nixon's reelection committee broke into Democratic HQ, Stole top secrets documents, Tried to bug offices and phones, Burglars caught, Nixon Tried to pay people off, Nixon was losing his popularity because of the Vietnam War, tried to make democrats look bad by getting something on them, Alexander Butterfield said that their were tapes recording Nixon's Conversation, Gerald Ford was put in as office after Nixon resigned, Spiro Agnew- First Vice President under Nixon, then Gerald Ford took his Job,
1972 Presidential Election- Edward Muskie Democratic candidate, all other democratic candidates were played tricks on them, Nixon's guys made it so that it looked like Muskie did it, all dropped out but 1 guy who had no chance, Woodward and Berstein, questioned the burglars for tapping phones, the Burglars had money that linked to Richard Nixon,
Al Qaeda- The Base, Led by Osama Bin Laden, Now led by Ayman, formed in the 1980s, when soviet union invaded Afghanistan, USSR fought Taliban, we assisted Taliban,Soviets pulled out in 1989,
Iraq leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, Make a deal with Saudi Arabia, protecting them from Iraqi invasion, sparked the anger between Taliban and US, Bin Laden was cut off by family and country, Bin Laden's father was a millionaire, Saudi chooses US over Bin Laden, Bin Laden, US fighting Muslims in the middle east, We supported Indian oppression against Muslims, Support Jews in Israel aggression against Muslims in Lebanon, US supports Israel, Economic Sanctions on Iraq,
Taliban- was the government that aloud Al-Qaeda to train, we supported anti-Islamic groups, According to Bin Laden he has never said that the attacks were, are, or will be because of American freedoms, the rights of our citizens, or even because of our religious differences, US military is everywhere because of NATO,
USA in Somalia- #1 fragile state lists, weak government, poverty, US sent in to help people get fed, Al Shibab, US believed that Al Shibab was trained to shoot down American Helicopters, 1993 World Trade bombing- 6 were killed,
Afghanistan- over 70 different languages, many tribes, low literacy rate, landlocked country, desert terrain/mountainous terrain, conquered by Persians, Romans, Ottomans, British, Taliban takes over after gaining independence, Harsh laws on women, aggressive police forces, 1998 Al Qaeda bombs embassies killing around 200 people, Bill Clinton- Sent in missiles to blow up training camps, did not do much, USS Cole attack October 2000 killed 17 soldiers, 9/11 bombings- done by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Bush Doctrine,
Operation Enduring Freedom- Invade Afghanistan October 7, 2001, Capture Osama Bin Laden, Destroy Al-Qaeda, Remove Taliban Regime, Countries involved in NATO assault on Afghanistan, Problems- Unknown enemies, suicide bombers, roadside bombers, didnt do a lot about drugs, Starving people, a lot of civilian deaths, New Democracy, struggling, Less than 10000 troops in Afghanistan now, War in Afghanistan- 20,000 civilian deaths, 119 billion dollars spent in 2011 on the war, 2,000 US soldiers died so far, Bush's focus was mainly Iraq,
War in Iraq/birthplace of law, writing, and the wheel- Britain established in 1921, Iraq gained independence in 1932, 1958- the monarchy was overthrown and reh Republic of Iraq was screated, 1968 the Ba'ath party took over, Saddam was the leader of that party, 2003 Ba'ath party removed from power by US,
Saddam Hussein- Gassed attacks against Kurdish civilians, conducted between 1986-89, possibly responsible for 200,000 deaths, December 30, 2006 Saddam was hung,
New constitution approved by vote and new govt for Iraq, Foreign troops remained in Iraq after the establishment of a new govt due to an insurgency/civil war that developed shortly after the invasion, Al Qaeda came to Iraq, it was called ISIS, 2010 became the last member of the coalition to cease combat operations in Iraq, ISIS took over the northern part of Iraq, US military advisors sent back in late 2014 to assist Iraq against ISIS, somewhat at war with ISIS, Airstrikes,
Persian Gulf War- Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, US and UN freed Kuwair from Iraqi control, Saddam remained in power, After Persian Gulf War, economic sanctions on Iraq, weapons inspectors, no fly zone on Iraq,
Operation Iraqi Freedom- 2003, to 2011, Claimed Iraq had nuclear weapons, UN wanted Iraq to verify that they didn't have nuclear/chemical/biological weapons, invaded in 2003, led to the capture of Saddam, no WMDs were found,
Possible reasons for going into Iraq- some accused Saddam of being allied with Al Qaeda, Iraq govt humane rights, spread democracy, oil interests, Bush wanted to fix his fathers problem, After Saddam Hussein, Civil war broke out, violence,
George W Bush- started war in 2003, Abu Ghraib prison scandal, accused by democratic party for not having exit strategy, 2007- war was unpopular, Surge- president Bush's plan, sent more troops in to stop violence,
Barack H Obama- Ended Iraq war, switched focus to Afghanistan, pulled all US troops out of Iraq, ISIS has taken over, started bombing ISIS targets in Iraq,
Iraq War Casualties- 4500 US casualties, War cost 800,000,000,000 dollars
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