Monday:
9-11 and the war on terror
Taliban-the government of afghanistan, the ones who allowed Al Qaeda to train in afghanistan
Why afghanistan? Al Qaeda was based there
Iraq
We believed Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons-didn’t allow weapon check
1.3 million+ lives have been lost as of March 2015 because of the war on terror
Afghanistan-Operation Enduring Freedom
Republicans-
most everyone supported the war in afghanistan because of 9-11
Afghanistan was not focused on as much after the Iraq invasion-2003
Allowed Taliban and al-Qaeda to gain power over the years
Donald Trump has stated he might send more US troops to stop the increased violence
No officially announced plans
Democrats-
Obama wanted to focus on Afghanistan instead of the Iraq war
Started withdrawal in July 2011
Hoped to be out of Afghanistan sometime in 2017-we don’t know because we aren’t sure of Trump's plans
Tuesday:
War in Afghanistan
Obama spent over a hundred billion dollars on the war each year
Not officially declared war
War in Iraq
Democrats-
Many favored Iraq War at first but criticized President Bush for messing it up
Wanted a defined exit strategy during the Bush years
President Obama withdrew all combat troops from Iraq in August 2010
All US forces were out of Iraq at the end of 2011
Left too soon? ISIS took over
Republicans-
Admitted to mistakes in Iraq and said it will be a tough fight
Hoped Iraq’s new government and people would eventually be stable enough for US withdrawal
Bush pulled 8,000 troops in late 2008/early 2009
Bush stated 8-21-06 that US would not leave Iraq “until the job is done”
Wednesday: Canada class quiz
War on Iraq
Saddam was found in a hole, hanged by the new iraqi government
We invaded in 2003
Republicans
President Bush started the war in 2003
Bush didn’t want to give dates-didn’t want Iraq to expect
Bush's approval rating was lower than Donald Trump
Admitted to mistakes in Iraq-said it would be a tough fight
2007-war was extremely unpopular
Bush increased troop levels in Iraq “the surge”
Hoped Iraq’s new government and people would eventually be stable enough for US withdrawal
Why was the Iraq war unpopular?
We never found WMD’s which is why Bush said we had to go to war
Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal
The surge
People (democrats) wanted a defined exit strategy and Bush didn’t have one
US funding between 2003-2011-$801.9 billion
Thursday:
ISIS-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIL-Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant
After US left Iraq, ISIS (al Qaeda) moved in and taken over much of Northern Iraq and Syria
Obama started a bombing campaign on ISIS targets
Obama sent 1500 military advisors
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has criticized Obama for leaving Iraq too early
75% of ISIS troops have been killed by US airstrikes as of 12-14-16
Total violent deaths-268,000/documented civilian deaths-172,000-193,000
Around 100 people dying everyday in Iraq
Friday: Canada class quiz
News Headlines-
The unemployment rate is down
Trump thinks that percentage is a lot higher than 4%-more like 30-40%
- Russian chemical bombing on Syria
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