POL SCI 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gulf War, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Army Of The Guardians Of The Islamic Revolution
14 Nov 2016
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Iran released hostages and the us was not able to reciprocate. Us did not because they were doing other things. Soviet influence is gone > arms selling to iran that was from the breakup of the soviet union. Us forces and technology surrounding them > massive arms buildup (irgc) Conventional weaponry, defensive deterrence: any war would be costly, and speeding up nuclear development (example of north korea) Destabilized us relations w/ allies egypt and israel by supporting hezbollah, First gulf war and crumbling of iraq > us overthrowing regime because they were on the border. Restarting us policy in the middle east > arab-israeli peace process, middle. Failed twin pillars : supporting saudi arabia and iran and tilt toward. Equal containment does not mean equal policy > different ideas of containment for each country. 85 people killed, w/ children killed by hezbollah agent. Candidates for office that were potentially a part of this plan > conflict.
