HIST 2734 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Osama Bin Laden, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld
24 Oct 2018
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Despite iraq expecting non-interference us condemns the action, gains un. Iraq broke and economically suffering from iran- iraq war invades. The gulf war neighboring kuwait with whom it has longstanding border dispute authorization for war to eject iraq from kuwait. Al qaeda overthrow of arab regimes/ war with west that supports them attacks leading to septemeber11th. Former (cid:498)arab afghans(cid:499) led by osama bin laden turned their attention to. 1990 gulf war turns obl against the united state, beings a series of terrorist. Right winged think tank composed of former members of ford, regan, bush admin and others. Includes donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, john bolton, dick cheney. Argued for a more elevated vision of america s international role, promoting (cid:498)benevolent global hegemony(cid:499) through use of military force. Opposed to perceived lack of willingness under bill clinton to use foce. Caspian sea region is a great untapped sources of oil and gas. Comes available to western companies, after fall of soviet union.
