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 Position

And SupportersThe 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.

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Letters: RQEUTESER

Extra Credit (#6)

“S E Q U E S T E R”

THE WAR

“Grand Coalition”

Multilateral?U.K. Baltic States

Spain Dominican Rep.

Poland Honduras

Ukraine Kuwait

Japan 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)*