Why war, again?-D. Storm/Unfinished War?
-Resolutions, NFZs, Sanctions, Inspections...effective?
--Anything working?
-9/11 (New Threat)
Contributing Causes-Sanctions
-WMD’s
-UN inspections
-Terrorism Links
-Oil
-Assassination (Bush)
-Al Queda (Ansar El Islam)
-Israel (Palestinian payments)
The White House PositionAnd Supporters
The position of the US and UK was that the invasion was authorized by a series of UN resolutions dating back to 1990. Resolution 1441 declared that Iraq was in "material breach" of the cease-fire under UN Resolution 687 (1991), which required cooperation with weapons inspectors, and was facing “severest penalties” for their inability and unwillingness to comply.
Obstacles
-Domestic Politics
-House of Reps
-297-133
-Senate
-77-23 (Levin/Stabenow...)
Obstacles
-Protests (UN)
-No Security Council resolution
Obstacles
-Demonstrations
-Turkey/Saudi Arabia
-Urban warfare
-WMD’s
-Suicide bombers
Extra Credit (#6)Clue: Term heard/seen in the news everyday for the
past 3 months. Means general government cut in
spending.“__ E __ __ E __ T __ __”Letters: RQEUTESER
Extra Credit (#6)
“S E Q U E S T E R”
THE WAR“Grand Coalition”
Multilateral?U.K. Baltic StatesSpain Dominican Rep.Poland HondurasUkraine KuwaitJapan Others…
The War
-March 20th…
-1st stage*…Air
-Targets…”Leadership sites”
-2nd stage…Assault
-Key component…
What stage?
What stage?
What stage?
The War (Continued)
-3rd Stage…Invasion
SHOCK and AWE!!!
-April 5…Baghdad
-April 10…Kirkuk
-April 11…Mosul
-April 15…Major operations end
Short Term Results-Initial Iraqi celebrations-WMD’s???
Results (Continued…)
-Leaders?
-The BIG FOUR
Short Term Results (Continued…)
-General civil unrest/Looting
Long Term Results-New government.
-Ayad Alawi
-Elections
-Nouri al-Malaki
Long Term Results (Continued…)
-The Insurgency
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Long Term Results (Continued…)-Kidnappings/Beheadings
Long Term Results Continued…
-Falujah
Long Term Results (Continued…)
-Saddam Hussein Captured (2003)
-Trial/Sentence-December, 2006
RECENT UPDATE-How has Iraq affected our nation?
-No longer there…been expensive
-IED-TBI-Since 9/11
($1,000,000,000,000+)-How has Iraq affected the Middle East?
-Arab Spring-Egypt (Hosni Mubarack)-Libya (Mulmar Gaddafi) -Syria (Bassar al-Assad)*-Iran (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
UPDATE-Iran the next Iraq?
UPDATE-How is Iraq doing today?
-Violent roller coaster -Sunni v. Shia (Iran) -Malaki v. al-Sadr-”fragile peace” but hopeful
UPDATE-What is Obama saying…
-Out of Middle East by end 2014 (Focus on Afghanistan)
-Renew the hunt for extremists (Drone Issue)-What is the public reaction?*
-CNN…32/66 (Support/Oppose War?)*-Send more troops?
-Fox News…36/59 (Support/Oppose)*-Right or wrong for acting?
-ABC News…40/60 (Right/Wrong)*