Today we reviewed the map. Then we talked about our next assigned blog. My assigned blog #5 is Combat HIV/AIDS. Focus on the following items: -define/explain the goal and all it’s targets -explain why it is a goal—explain the problems the world is having with your issue -explain how the world has or has not made progress with your goal
Then we talked about blog discussions. On August 2nd 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Then the UN and The US came into stop them in January, 1991. It was called Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf war. The goal was to free Kuwait from Iraqi control. That is when Al Qaeda started disliking America. Then we put economic sanctions on Iraq, let weapons inspectors in, and a no fly zone. We flew over the NFZ constantly to make sure they couldn't have military presents there.
We invaded Iraq on March 20th, 2003. The reasons could have been Oil, WMDs, Terrorist training was taking place there, and to help their struggling government. Our government reason was that there was WMDs, but we never found any.
The war in Iraq was very negative compared to the Afghan War. Bush did take down Saddam Hussein and established the democracy. We used a Surge to help us with the war. Negatives are Abu Grey prison scandal helped to make our image worse there because we were torturing Iraqi prisoners.
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