US Involvement in the Southwest Asia (Middle East) Do you think the U.S. has been overly involved in the

Middle East?

U.S. Involvement in Southwest Asia (Middle East) U.S. has political and

economic involvement in Middle East.

Oil

Involved in breakup of Ottoman Empire

Creation of Israel in 1948 and supporting Israel

Persian Gulf War Saddam Hussein Iraqi

president invades Kuwait in 1990

Wants to control oil reserves in Kuwait

Kuwait asks the UN for help

1991 US and UN coalition attack Iraqi forces in Operation Desert Storm

Persian Gulf War Creates an

environmental disaster

Blows up oil wells as Iraqi army retreats

Iraq leaves Kuwait and returns to Iraq

UN imposes WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) inspectors in Iraq

9/11 & War on Terrorism U.S. involvement in

Middle East is not welcomed by some

Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda want U.S. removed from the Middle East

Use terrorism as a tool to fight back

9/11 & War on Terrorism September 11, 2001 – 4

airliners are high jacked by terrorist and flown into both World Trade Centers, Pentagon and last one crashes in Pennsylvania

Bin Laden and Al Qaeda take responsibility.

Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 U.S. invades

Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda and Bin Laden

Taliban government in Afghanistan is a safe haven for terrorists

U.S. takes over country to break up terrorist networks

War in Afghanistan Installs a democracy in

the nation

US locates and US Seal Team 6 kills Osama Bin laden in May 2011 in Pakistan

The war continues today

Iraq War 2003 U.S. intelligence

believes that Iraq is creating WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction)

Bush starts Operation Iraqi Freedom

WMD’s are not found

Iraq War Saddam Hussein is

found and tried for crimes against humanity

Found guilty of murdering his own people (Kurds and Shia Muslims)

Executed by the new democratic government in Iraqi government

SUMMARY Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Is there a time when war is justified? Explain your answer.

Afghanistan Iraq Country Total Australia 29 Belgium 1 Canada 157 Czech 4 Denmark 42 Estonia 8 Finland 2 France 75 Georgia 10 Germany 53 Hungary 7 Italy 42 Jordan 2 Latvia 3 Lithuania 1 NATO 3 Netherlands 25 New Zealand 4 Norway 10 Poland 29 Portugal 2 Romania 19 South Korea 1 Spain 33 Sweden 5 Turkey 2 UK 382 US 1796 Total 2747

Year US UK Other Total 2003 486 53 41 580 2004 849 22 35 906 2005 846 23 28 897 2006 822 29 21 872 2007 904 47 10 961 2008 314 4 4 322 2009 149 1 0 150 2010 60 0 0 60 2011 47 0 0 47 Total 4477 179 139 4795

WWII WWI

COUNTRY CASUALTIES Soviet Union 23,954,000 China 15,000,000 Germany 7,728,000 Poland 5,720,000 Japan 2,700,000 India 2,087,000 Yugoslavia 1,027,000 Rumania 833,000 Hungary 580,000 France 567,600 Greece 560,000 Italy 456,000 Great Britain 449,800 United States 418,500 Czechoslovakia 345,000 Netherlands 301,000 Austria 123,700 Finland 97,000 Belgium 86,100 Canada 45,300 Australia 40,500 Bulgaria 25,000 New Zealand 11,900 South Africa 11,900 Norway 9,500 Spain 4,500 Denmark 3,200

TOTAL: 63,185,500

COUNTRY CASUALTIES Country Casualties Africa unknown Australia 211,000 Austria-Hungary 4,820,000 Belgium 57,000 Bulgaria 254,000 Canada 241,000 The Caribbean 4,000 French Empire 5,651,000 Germany 5,952,000 Great Britain 2,367,000 Greece 26,000 India 108,000 Italy 1,407,000 Japan 1,25 Montenegro 13,000 New Zealand 73,000 Portugal 22,000 Romania 320,000 Russia 6,650,000 Serbia 261,000 South Africa 19,000 Turkey 736,000 USA 321,000

TOTAL 16,543,868