PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bush Doctrine, Edward Snowden, Nuclear Proliferation
9 Aug 2020
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American nato led attack on taliban"s and osama bin laden in afghanistan in 2001. 9/11 was a direct attack of islamic groups on america. After the events of 9/11, us declared withdrawing from the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty in december 2001 the need to protect itself from limited nuclear strikes by rogue states". Bush doctrine" the us should reserve to itself the right to take pre-emptive action against potential security threats. North korea, iran and iraq axis of evil" that present a clear threat to the international community. Iraq soon became the single state on the us rather failed gulf war in 1991. Saddam hussein"s removal became essential for liberating iraq and establishing a democracy that would ensure international political regime. Saddam hussein was accused of having the weapons of massive destructions - wmd, however none were found after the intervention.
