Blog Discussion:
3. The War in Iraq:
Major events throughout the war-
Notes: March 2003, US invaded Iraq to find Saddam Hussein. Within months, Hussein's government was toppled. Saddam Hussein from there starts a game of hide and seek. In December of 2003 he was captured. The US never found any Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.
How President Bush and Obama differed in how they handled the war-
Notes: Bush and Obama used different military fighting styles. Bush wanted to take out Saddam and Al-Qaeda in Iraq, he believed that Al-Qaeda also wanted to take Iraq. We had been in the war for a long time when Obama started his presidency, and Obama went in to Iraq to finally end the war.
How the US helped Iraq while we were there-
Notes: We provided several million dollars worth of economic aid. Helped build up their military and government so that they could defend themselves from terrorists. Bush said that we weren't going to leave Iraq until the job is done. We also helped them establish a democracy. Did similar things that we did in Afghanistan.
Stats:
Their are 50% more terrorists attacks on Iraq now that the US has left.
The war cost the US billions of dollars.
There were more than 8,000 coalition deaths.
We Reviewed our Europe maps again and played Name that Tune!
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