POLS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: People'S Protection Units, Airdrop, California State Route 14
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Questions: why did the us hesitate in iraq, states involved: syria, turkey, saudi arabia, jordan, iraq, russia"s involvement, consequences beyond middle east, where things stand now. Answers: americans hesitated in iraq because barack obama wanted a new iraqi prime minister. Isis was intermingled with citizens and worked to create their own state. Obama did not want any more americans to die and would not send any more troops there. Isis flourished in syria"s war because it gave them a cause. Obama decided to try and form an army of free people in the region, especially ones who were already fighting assad. Turkey - refused to send troops into kobani, syria because of the ypg. Turkey was upset with the us, their nato ally, because they had supported an enemy of the. After the american airdrop of equipment, turkey decided to give in and let.
