HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Bush Doctrine, Gulf War, 2003 Invasion Of Iraq
12 Dec 2016
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Iraq saw iran in chaos and wanted to sweep in, take the territory and dominate the region. Starts bloody war, fight to a steady standstill. Goal: bring iraq back to high power. Wants to invade kuwait because iraq spent all its money in war. If they can conquer kuwait, they can take its oil money for iraq. Made fortune in oil industry in texas. Decides iraq"s invasion of kuwait is unacceptable to invade a sovereign nation. Stops short of invading iraq and removing saddam from power. It wouldn"t be wise because there would be a power vacuum that would destabilize entire region. Others think this decision is a mistake, u. s. should remove him. Bush puts up coalition of 28 nations, approved by un. U. s. builds big military (to scare of soviet union) but can use it in this situation. Our military pushes back iraqi advance in less than 24 hours. Iraqi soldiers: not amatuer but no match for u. s. military.
