Chapter 3

Question 1

Porque invadieron los EE.UU a Afganistan?

Answer 1

actos terroristas de 9/11

Question 2

Porque invadieron los EE.UU a Irak?

Answer 2

El gobierno estadounidense tenía información de inteligencia que le hacía pensar que el gobernante iraquí, Saddam Hussein, estaba almacenando armas de destrucción masiva (ADM). El objeto de esta invasión era encontrar y destruir esas armas, ya fuesen químicas, biológicas o nucleares.

Question 3

that democracies are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified democracies. In contrast to theories explaining war engagement, it is a “theory of peace” outlining motives that dissuade state-sponsored violenc

Answer 3

Teoria de la paz democratica

Question 4

en 2011, estalló una serie de revueltas populares en la región porblada en gran parte por árabes musulmanes.

Answer 4

Primavera Arabe

Question 5

Donde paso la primavera Arabe? (3)

Answer 5

Tunez, Egipto, Siria

Question 6

Objetivos de Alqaeda?

Answer 6

o overthrow the corrupt “apostate” regimes in the Middle East and replace them with “true” Islamic governments, Al-Qaeda’s pri­mary enemy is the United States, which it sees as the root cause of the Middle East’s problems.

Question 7

Objetivos de ISIS?

Answer 7

As such, the primary target of the Islamic State has not been the United States, but rather apostate regimes in the Arab world—namely, the Bashar Assad regime in Syria and the Haider al-Abadi regime in Iraq.
The Islamic State’s long list of enemies includes the Iraqi Shia, Hezbollah, the Yazidis (a Kurdish eth­no-religious minority located predominantly in Iraq), the wider Kurdish community in Iraq, the Kurds in Syria and rival opposition groups in Syria (including Jabhat al-Nusra). And (surprise!) the Jews.

Question 8

Guerra Civil Siria

Answer 8

• Assad (dictador) disparo a protestanted de paz

- Foreign powers start to interfer (Iran supporst Assad) (Oil rich neighbors support rebels)