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Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy. “Peace is Earned Through Strength” Increased Military Budget Global War on Terror Bush Doctrine Authored by Cheney & Paul Wolfowitz Actions that will protect the security and democracy of Americans are justified. China. New President-Hu Jintao

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Foreign Policy

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  1. Foreign Policy • “Peace is Earned Through Strength” • Increased Military Budget • Global War on Terror • Bush Doctrine • Authored by Cheney & Paul Wolfowitz • Actions that will protect the security and democracy of Americans are justified

  2. China • New President-Hu Jintao • April 1-US Spy Plane collides w/Chinese fighter • Emergency Landing on Hainan Island • Held for 12 Days, US paid $34, 567.89 • Plane returned 2 months later • In over 100 boxes!

  3. September 11th Attacks • 8:45am-American Airlines 11 from Boston hits WTC (North) • 9:08am-United 175 from Boston hits WTC (South) • 9:43am-American 77 from Dulles hits Pentagon • 10:10am-United 93 from Newark crash lands into Somerset, PA

  4. After 9/11 • 2,999 people died, 24 are still missing • 246 on the 4 Planes, 2603 in NYC, 125 at Pentagon • All Civilian International air traffic was banned from landing for 3 days • “Terrorism can shake the foundations of our tallest buildings but it can’t shake the resolve of the American people. • Approval Rating hit 86%, highest ever

  5. Operation Enduring Freedom • October 7- US invasion of Afghanistan • Destruction of Terrorist training camps • Capture of Al-Qaeda Leaders (bin Laden) • Nov. 21-Battle of Tora Bora-remove Taliban from Kabul • President Hamid Karzai • Operation Mountain Thrust (2006)-renew attacks against the Taliban

  6. Axis of Evil Iran Iraq North Korea Cuba Libya Syria

  7. Russia • President Vladimir Putin • Consolidation of Democratic Power? Next Tsar of Russia • SORT Treaty signed May 24, 2002 • Limits Nuclear arsenals to 1700 by 2012 • No longer recognizes ABM Treaty

  8. Pre-War Iraq • UN Resolution 1441-No tolerance or defiance of international law (WMD) • Reasons for War-WMD and ties to 9/11 • CIA was continuing to investigate “allegations of yellow-cake uranium sales in Niger” • Thomas Wilson and Valerie Plame (CIA) • No real connection was ever found… • Hans Blix was never aware of any indications of a nuclear program that could attack the US

  9. Operation Iraqi Freedom • Invasion began on March 20, 2003 • Led by General Tommy Franks • Baghdad falls on April 9 • Successes • Operations over May 1, 2003 • Uday & Qusay killed, Saddam Executed (Dec. 30, 2006) • Iraq becomes a democracy in 2004 • Current leader-Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki

  10. Images of the War

  11. Failures of the Iraq War • Rumsfeld Doctrine • Lighter, Faster Military w/supporting air strikes • Lack of Ground Forces to Secure Borders & Cities • Debaathification • Removal of Saddam’s personal army & anyone involved within his former government • Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal

  12. 1991 vs. 2003??? • Troops-680,000 invasion • 540,000 US • 148 US Dead (36 Friendly Fire) • 30 Supporting Nations • 52,000 Saudi Arabia • 43,000 United Kingdom • 33,600 Egypt • Cost $61 Billion ($7 Billion to US) • 6 Weeks of Combat • Troops-300,000 invasion • 165,000 Current • 3915 US Soldiers Dead • 17 Supporting Nations Today • South Korea 933 • Romania 397 • El Salvador 280 • Cost $400 Billion to US • 3 Months of Active Combat

  13. North Korea • Kim Jong –Il • Walked away from 1994 Agreement • $4 Billion, Oil, Light-water reactors • Oct. 6, 2006-Detonated Nuclear Device (Underground) • May 7, 2007-Agreed to shut down reactors for release of frozen bank funds • US, China, North Korean Deal • September 2, 2007-Agreed to dismantle nuclear program by the end of 2007.

  14. The Roadmap to Peace Bush’s Desire for a Palestinian State by 2005 Denounced Arafat (Died in 2003) Israel PM-Ehud Olmert Palestinian President-Mahmoud Abbas Israel must halt West Bank activity Palestinian must halt and dismantle all terrorist activities

  15. Libya Colonel Muhammar Quadhafi Agreed in 2003 to disarm all of their WMD Allowed weapons inspectors in (UN) In 2006, agreed to full diplomatic ties with the US (off Axis of Evil…)

  16. Iran • President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US calls for a stop to production of all nuclear weapons • In 2003, Iran stopped making a bomb • Continued enrichment of uranium • Continued long range missile system

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