U.S. Foreign Policy 1989 - 2009

1. U.S. Foreign Policy 1989 - 2009 George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush

2. George H.W. Bush • 41st President • 43rd Vice President • 1989 – 1993 • Republican • Vice President – Dan Quayle

4. Panama • Manuel Noriega – Military Governor of Panama from 1983 – 1989 • Operation “Just Cause” • U.S. sent 24,000 soldiers to Panama and arrested Noriega • U.S. installed elected leaders

5. This Panama Slide is Better Van Halen is more interesting than Noriega. Noriega’s nickname was pineapple face.

6. Soviet Union Wait… what is going on in the U.S.S.R.? • Gorbachev comes to power in 1985 • Glasnost and Perestroika • Eastern European countries become democratic in 1989 • Soviet Union collapses in 1991 and becomes democratic Bush responded to the unprecedented events by being really confused.

7. Soviet Union

8. Soviet Union Oh shoot…now what? Boris Yeltsin became the first elected President of Russia. When the Soviet Union ceased to exist Gorbachev was out of a job.

9. Outcomes

10. The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed They had to listen to this. We got to listen to this.

11. The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed They had this. We had this.

12. The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed They had to eat this. We got to eat this.

13. R.I.P. Soviet Union (Now we have no more bad guys for our movies)

14. 1st Gulf War • Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 • Iraq claimed Kuwait was overproducing oil driving the price down • Iraq claimed Kuwait was slant drilling to steal oil • Iraq quickly gained control of Kuwait Why doesn’t the U.S. like me anymore?

15. 1st Gulf War So, are you going to vote for me in the next election? • Saudi Arabia asked the U.S. to push Saddam out of Kuwait • Bush organized “Operation Desert Storm”, a U.N. coalition force to invade Kuwait

16. The U.N. Coalition Force • U.S. 540,000 • Britain 45,000 • Saudi Arabia 40,000 • Egypt 35,000 • Syria 20,000 • Kuwait 7000 • Bahrain 3000 • Morocco 2000 The French sent this guy also.

17. The Iraqi Army on Paper The Iraqi Army in Reality • World’s 4th largest army • 540,000 + soldiers • 3000 + tanks • 2000 + artillery pieces • 750 + combat aircraft • http://youtu.be/yfAeMtcURg0

18. Outcomes

19. Bill Clinton • 42nd President • Former Governor of Arkansas • 1993 –2001 • Democrat • Vice President –Al Gore

21. Oslo Accords This isn’t going to work. • Peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis • Created Palestinian National Authority • IDF withdrew from parts of Gaza Strip and West Bank • Avoided pretty much every important decision This isn’t going to work.

22. Palestine This is why the Palestinians are mad.

23. Bosnia • Dayton Accord 1995 • Bosnia was divided into two semi-independent parts • Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina • Republica of Srpska

25. USS Cole

26. GeorgeW. Bush • 43rd President • Governor of Texas • 2001–2009 • Republican • Vice President –Dick Cheney • Nickname = Dubbya • Member of Skull and Bones

28. Bush Nicknames Dino PootiePoot Altoid Boy The World’s Greatest Hero Big Time Turd Blossom

29. The U.S. should have called other potential invaders and occupiers of Afghanistan Alexander the Great Soviet Union It took me three years and I had to build many fortresses. Finally, I beat feet back to civilization. Gromov here, it took us ten years to control no more than a few cities.

30. Luckily the Taliban lacked essential equipment and was easily defeated. The picture says it all Taliban rocket launcher

31. Outcomes

32. Why did we invade Iraq? We Never Found Any We Never Found Good Evidence Uh…Yea.

33. Iraq 2003 • Coalition of the Willing (48 Countries?) • United States • United Kingdom • Australia • + a bunch of other countries who didn’t send combat troops Let’s not forget the Pacific Island of Palau who sent these guys.

34. Coalition of the Willing Only 3 of these countries sent combat troops to Iraq.