The Iraq Wars Lecture

The Gulf Wars

Iran - Iraq war

Iran was taken over by islamic fundamentalists
The government was neutral rather than being controlled by one muslim group
USA funded the Iraqis to avoid the spread of islamic fundamentalists
The Berlin war came down in 1989 and soviet union dissolves
American focus then shifts from Europe to the middle east

The more oil that's produced reduces the price of it which ruins the economy which is why the wester world wants to control the oil flow

Invation of Kuwait
Saddam Hussein accuses Kuwait of stealing Iraq's oil
He demanded 2 billion dollars
He blamed kuwait for the overproduction of oil
George Bush did nothing to prevent invasion and in 1990 Iraq forces attacked

Saddam Hussein was a dictator was a right wing military dictator with a secular façade

America had an oil deal with kuwait so america went to the UN and posed economic sanctions on Iraq

Operation Dessert Shield

after 9/11 the war on terror was declared

This house is going to be in a stable area of the region housing american troops after operation Desert Storm.
Pro american base in Jordan