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14 Cards in this Set
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Historical Origin
The war all started around 1980. Saddam Hussein felt threatened by Iran. Thought that Khomeini was trying to lead his people to fight against him.
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Ordered an invasion that ended in a retreat. Khomeini wouldn’t agree with Iraq so they started to move in on them. Both countries had different versions of the Islamic religion. Iraqi- Sunnis Islam Iranian-Shiis Islam Not a big difference but enough to fight about. |
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U.S. Policies
The U.S. thought that….. Giving weapons would help Giving technology would help Giving them instructions to fight would help |
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And giving them financial support would help them defeat Iran.
Each of these was approved by either Bush or Reagan. |
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U.S.Actions
The U.S. did all they could by…. Providing 60 billion dollars to Iraq Providing them with millions of weapons |
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Providing them with more advanced technology
Providing them with a bunch of U.S. soldiers And by providing the best military training there is. |
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Foreign Response
Iraq had about 17 countries that helped like USA, Saudi Arabia, and many others. |
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Iran had only 9 countries that helped like Argentina, Syria, and some others.
From this I can imagine that the countries on opposing sides didn't like each other very much. |
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Short Term Results The rise of the two new leaders- -Saddam Hussein- Iraq -Khomeini- Iran |
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Islamic religion from Iraq caused confusion in Iran.
Iran was no longer on the U.S.’s good side. The war killed…. - about 375,000 Iranians - about 300,000 Iranians |
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Long Term Results
The religious feud continued and is still going on today |
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Many families were affected by the war short and long from losing their family members
Iraq was in deep debt and affected everyone living there Destroyed towns that some were never refixed |
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My Three Changes
The first change is not pick a side and stay neutral.
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The second change is not put as much money into the war.
The third change is not to send our men over to fight and die. |
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