HIST 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Millennialism, Anger, Al-Qaeda
1 Nov 2016
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Obama dismisses threat (to usa) w/ basketball metaphor. End of 2015: us & russian coalitions limited by regional/global powers. Isis represents alternative to corruption in the middle east. Levant: fertile crescent drawn by european powers at end of wwi. Isis wants to destroy/replace it with islamic states. Isis had focused less on far-off enemies. Us" involvement has made it more in danger. Aqi (result of invasion of iraq: destroyed institutions and resulted in more division/instability) Muhasa: distribution of the spoils of power based along communal, ethnic, and tribal lines. Sectarianism is a result of the us, represents brokenness. Isis is protector of sunnis who feel that us/iran has broken/colonized their country. Iraq leaders should have strengthened national unity. Mini civil war, do not all subscribe to radical ideology. Islamist groups become unified voices for sunnis. Iran supports house of assad syrians mobilized against them. The arab spring: emancipatory movement derailed by counterrevolutionary forces (saudi arabia & iran)
