9/11's Political Impact: Al Gore's Presidency & Bin Laden's Motives, Slides of History

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Lecture 21:

Impacts on the

Middle East (II)

The American

War in Iraq!

Rationales of the

Mid-term Examination

• Grade to be Posted Before Next Wednesday (Hopefully)
• Question Analysis Next Wednesday (Hopefully)
• Roles of Examinations
  • Future-oriented: Grade [3-4-3]
  • Enrichment-oriented: Performance [?-?-?]
• Newspaper Reader or Newspaper Commentator?
• Political Science in the Perceptive Spectrum

Political Science

(Logic, Methodology, Induction, Deduction)

History Water-blowing

(Memorization) (Subjective Bluffing)

Question 14: Which of the following countries CAN be

attacked by the United States AFTER the introduction of the

revised Bush Doctrine?

• Afghanistan.
• Iraq.
• China.
• Britain.
• All of the above.

Bush Doctrine I:

• To the USA: Passive (wait for the decision of others)
• To other Countries: Active (can decide to take side) Bush Doctrine II:
• To the USA: Active (can define the terrorist threat)
• To other Countries: Passive (cannot even take side)

Which of the following countries CAN be attacked by the United States AFTER the introduction of the original Bush Doctrine?

• None of the above. Docsity.com

Question 13: If Al Gore was elected as the American

president in 2000, which of the followings is still MOST

likely to happen after 911?

• NOT Imaginary
• The Hidden Questions:

1. What is the main difference between the foreign policy of the Democratic Party (Clinton-Gore) and the Republic Party (Reagan-Bush Sr.-Bush Jr.)?
2. How are the choices categorized?

• The American War against Afghanistan. [Multilateralism]
• The American War against Iraq. [Unilateralism]
• The declination of Russian membership in NATO. [Unilateralism]
• The formation of the Axis of Evil. [Unilateralism]
• All of the above are likely to happen after 911 even with Al Gore as the president.
• None of the above.  a debatable option

The Methodological Training

• To differentiate the very similar facts in the newspapers,

which represent very different hidden agendas

• Bypass, cross, occupy, overcome, tackle…

• To trace the MAIN origin of different facts

contemporarily by the DEDUCTION logic

• To predict the MAIN focus of different facts

contemporarily by the INDUCTION logic

• Inter-transferability in Real Life

Announcements on Guest Speakers

• Israel Consul General Eli Avidar
  • The Israeli-Palestinian Issue
  • Lecture 19: 19 th^ March 2003 (Wednesday)
  • http://hongkong.mfa.gov.il
• Indian Political Consul Anurag Goel
  • Indian Response to 911 and the Regional Order
  • Lecture 25: 31 st^ March 2003 (Monday)
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PART I

The First Gulf War

(1990-1991)

Early History of Iraq

• The Glorious and “Warlike”

History of the Iraqis:

• The Babylonian Empire
• Saddam’s Idol: King Nebuchadnezzar
• The Islamic Empire and the Arabian Nights
• Iraqis under Ottoman Rule

• Message from the “Restoration”

of Babylonian Heritage by

Saddam Hussein

The Independent Iraq

• 1932: Independence of

Iraq

• King Faisal I
• Concept of “Economic

Imperialism” and “Semi-

colony”

• 1958: Military Coup

against King Faisal II

• 1961: First Modern Claim

of Kuwait by General

Qasim Docsity.com

Saddam Hussein and

the “Least Islamist Islamic Country”

• 1968: Arab Socialist Baath

(Resurrection) Party

• Purge of Islamic Fundamentalism!
• 1979: Saddam Hussein and the

Revolutionary Command

Committee (RCC)

• 1980-1988: Iran-Iraq War
  • Ayatollah Khomeni and the Islamic Revolution in Iran
  • Saddam Hussein as the Great Secular Leader
  • CIA Support towards Iraq

International Response

• United Nations Sanction and

Condemnation

• Security Council – 14:0:

• Coalition Army of 34 Countries

• USA, Britain, NATO
• Gulf Cooperative Committee, Egypt,

Syria

• Desert Storm (Jan – April 1991)

PART II

Results of the

First Gulf War

Partition of Iraq

• The Saddam Regime

• “Kurdish Regional

Government” in the North

• The Separatist Movement of

“Kurdistan”

• “Protectorates” of the

Shi’ites (No-Fly Zone)

• The New Iranian-Iraqi

Relationship

United Nations Sanctions

• 1990: Economic Sanctions

• 1991: End of Iraq’s Mass Destruction Weapons

• 1995: “Oil for Food” Program

• 1998: “Operation Desert Fox”

• Saddam: 1.7million deaths 1991-

• Resignation of United Nations Inspectors in Protest