Today we finished the Iraq and Iran discussion.
Major events in war for Obama
He took the combat troops out of Iraq.
50 000 non combat troops there
They should leave by next year unless the Iraqi government wants them to stay.
Ordered 17 000 troops to afghanistan.
Because a lot of our enemys fled to.
Jan 2009 Obama ordered the end to the abusive treatment to terrorist prisoners.
Major events in the war under Bush
March 2003 was the invasion
Bush said things werent going well and its not easy.
the surge was succesful
Iran background
Pop. 67 Million
3 times the size of Arizona
In the middle east.
Iran History
Before 1935 iran was persia
the discovery of oil made them noticed.
When oil supply goes up democracy goes down
In the 50's a leader came to power that was pro western
Then ayatollah khomenini came to power
Iran hostage crisis
the u.s. didnt give atatollah
then they held around 50 people hostage for 144 days
Ronald Regan was inaugurated and they finally let them go.
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