foreign policy failures under clinton and bush. i. the clinton era: “damned if you do, damned if...

Foreign Policy Failures Under Clinton and Bush

I. The Clinton Era: “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t”

A. The Dangers of Intervention: Black Hawk Down in Somalia

A. The Dangers of Intervention: Black Hawk Down in Somalia

B. The Dangers of Doing Nothing: Genocide in Rwanda

II. From 537 to 9/11 – Bush’s 1st Year as President

Judge Robert Rosenberg

examining a ballot

Judge Robert Rosenberg examining a dimpled ballot

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A. The 9/11 Attack

B. Imperialism, Israel and Islam: Bin Ladin Justifies 9/11

C. The Immediate American Response: Attacking al Qaeda and War in

Afghanistan

III. From Afghanistan to Iraq and the Axis of EvilA. A Jumble of Justifications: Weapons of Mass Destruction & War in Iraq

B. Winning the War: Capturing Baghdad and Saddam

Hussein

C. Losing the Peace: i. Human Rights Fiascos: Abu Gharib & Guantanamo Bay

ii. Suicide Bombers, Security Failures, and Ordinary Iraqis

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/