Transcript Iraq War slides

A causal relationship between Iraq
spending and the US economy
1. An WWII argument
2. “Over the last 40 years, America has spent an average of 5.7% of
gross GDP annually on defense, but Iraq War costs have ranged
from .05 % of GDP in 2003 to 1.3% in 2008” (p.383)
3. Recession because of overbuilding of homes and disruption of credit
market; oil profits in the long run.
4. Stiglitz and Bilmes: Iraq War investment was to suppress demand in
the US b/s goods and services are not bought here; also the cost of
Iraq War.
5. Subprime house loan/mortgage (p.371)
6. Historically (from the War of 1812 onward), war spending did force
the central government to go into debt into domestic credictors.
Iraq Conflict: The Historical Background
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1979:
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1980~1988
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Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in NY
March 19, 2003
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US force protected Kurdish enclave in the northern mountains
US war planes patrolled over both northern and southern Iraq and prohibiting Saddam from bombing Kurds
and Shiites
2001
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President George H. W. Bush assembled a military coalition that drove Iraq out of Kuwait after 100 hours of
ground fighting
1991~2001
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US policy shifted in 1990, when Saddam ordered invades Kuwait, declaring the oil-producing nation a province
of Iraq
Saudi Arabia was about to be the next target for Iraq
1991
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Iran-Iraq War
Regan administration leaned toward Iraq
1990
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Shan Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his regime were replaced by Shiite Muslim and the anti-American leader
Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iran hostage crisis
The outbreak of the second Gulf War
April 9, 2003
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U.S. troops had started taking over Baghdad
Pace of Iraq Pullout
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Part 3
13:38~14.42 general perspective
16:40~18:50 pullout
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