UNITED STATES TODAY

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UNITED STATES TODAY
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Foreign Policy after Cold War

• . A new role in the World
• 1. War on Drugs
• a. Since Nixon administration
• b. Pres. George Bush sends 12,000 US troops to
  Panama to arrest Dictator Manuel Noriega.
• Brought him to US and is serving 40 yrs. in
  prison for drug trafficking.

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China

• . Tiananmen Square
• a. Chinese students protest the communist
  govt. of China for Democratic change.
• 2. Bush administration cut arms sales with
  China
• a. wanted to remain engaged with China
• b. Believed that cutting all ties would
  hurt the US and China.

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Peace Keeping and Police Action

• Communism in Yugoslavia falls in 1991
• a. Bush didnt send troops for fear of
  another Vietnam
• 2. 1992 Bush backed a UN resolution for
  peace / policing force in Bosnia (created from
  Yugoslavia)

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Somalia

• a. protect human rights Operation Restore
  Hope
• b. Created a cease-fire between civilians and
  warlords in conjunction with a UN effort for
  peace
• c. provided food and supplies for villages.

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Persian Gulf War

• August, 2, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
• 1. 150,000 Iraqi troops move into Kuwait
• 2. Saddam Hussein, Iraqs dictator since
  1979, was seeking the oil rich deposits of
  Kuwait
• 3. Feared that Hussein would also move on
  Saudi Arabias Oil reserves
• 4. Bush worked to gather a UN resolution
  demanding Iraq withdraw its troops.

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Operation Desert Storm

• 700,000 troops gathered in Saudi Arabia
• a. 500,000 US forces
• b. Britain
• c. France
• d. Egypt
• e. Saudi Arabia
• f. many others

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• Jan. 16, 1991 Led by Gen. Colin Powell and Gen.
  Norman Schwarzkopf
• a. began with 5 weeks of aerial
  bombardments
• b. Iraq countered with SCUD missiles that
  cause little damage, which included an attack
  of SCUDS on Israel
• c. Feb. 23, coalition troops stormed
  Kuwait easily overtaking Iraqi forces
• d. Iraqi forces set oil fields on fire as
  the withdrew
• e. Iraq lost est. 25,000 troops US lost
  totaled 148