GEOG 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Representative Democracy, War On Terror
29 Jul 2020
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The wars in iraq and afghanistan exposed the limits of the ability of the us to bring about change in other countries, and a new alliance is challenging the us and its allies in. Immediately after the attacks on new york city and washington, dc, on 9/11, the international community extended warm sympathy to the united states. Many governments, despite the protests of large numbers of their citizens, supported then-president george w. bush on his war on terror, defined as a defense of the. American way of life and of democratic principles. Although nato forces joined us forces in afghanistan, the war proved difficult to resolve because of heavy resistance from tribal leaders within the country and from insurgents in adjacent pakistan. The wars in iraq and afghanistan eventually ended with few concrete gains, despite heavy losses of civilian life.
