ECON 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: April Glaspie, Peace Dividend, Gulf War
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There are going to be clashes within civilizations of religion and culture. Clashing in a world that is increasing interdependent (huntington) Peace dividend (there was going to be a surplus money because we wouldn"t have to spend so much on arms & military) Conflict was that kuwait was drilling at an angle and taking iraqi oil. Iraq said kuwait isn"t really a country & should be a providence of iraq. Sudhamm hussain went to the us and went to the ambassador of iraq, We have no opinion on the arab- arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with. Kuwaitthe kuwait issue is not associated with america -- april glaspie (us. At first the us didnt care but then they began to care and responded to invasion. President hm bush felt that the message that aggression was tolerated might set off even more instability. Bush"s ties to saudi arabia, which was extremely alarmed. Fear of iraq"s control of so much world oil.
