POL 373 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Theocracy, Iranian Revolution
22 Dec 2017
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Carter wanted to put a human face on d tente. Also wanted to focus on human rights, stabilizing the middle east and respecting human rights. Public didn"t like how much was ceded to the ussr during the nuclear arms talks. +thought the ussr had military superiority because of talks because of united. State had to remove a lot of nuclear silos. +conservative republicans said less nuclear weapons created a window of vulnerability that the ussr could exploit. +carter believed the united states was safe because of the triad which allowed the united states to attack with intercontinental ballistic missiles, bombers and submarines but conservatives didn"t think that was enough. Window of vulnerability was the greatest issue plaguing carter. +the mx (missile experimental) was a new missile that was better than the. Minuteman missiles because it had ten much bigger warheads. *people thought we desperately needed to have this.
