in-class #11: Iraq (textbook)
Read textbook chapter 31, section 1 only ("The Invasion of Iraq") pages 1042-1047 and answer the questions below (also be aware of the meaning of the italicized terms):
1. Why did the United States declare war on Afghanistan?
2. What strategy has the United States used to prevent the Taliban from regaining power in Afghanistan?
3. In what way are weapons of mass destruction more dangerous today than during the Cold War when only a handful of major countries possessed them?
4.Why did the United States think stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction was linked to the war on terror?
5. Why did it prove so difficult to end the war in Iraq quickly?