POL S 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dependent And Independent Variables, Gulf War, Iranian Revolution
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Preventive war greatest break in us foreign policy in a century. 63% of reps. , 27% of ind. , and 15% of dems. still believe iraq had wmd. 38% of americans believe iraq was involved with 9/11; 15% believe iraq was directly involved. Despite 8 years of war, trillion dollars in direct military expenditures, 4807 coalition casualties, & 122,380 (est. ) Iraqi casualties, the new iraqi gov remains fragile. Us has just sent 3000 troops to iraq to help battle threat from isis. Long standing dispute over control of shatt al-arab waterway on the border. Iraq launches surprise attack on iran sept. 1980. Price of oil declining due to kuwait"s (cid:522)excess(cid:523) pumping. Invades kuwait in aug. 1990 and later declares it the 19th province of iraq. In jan. 1991, us leads a coalition of 34 countries to restore sovereignty to kuwait. Victory declared after iraqi forces expelled from kuwait. Un security council prohibits wmd in iraq and sets up postwar inspections regime.
