Liberal Interventionism Flashcards
how did Blair feel towards USA
loved Clinton- third way his idea
didn’t want USA isolated
intense with 9/11
what is liberal interventionism
countries need to defend human rights in other countries for security at home
“our interests depend on international collaberation”
what happened in Yugoslavia
Serbian attacks on Kosovo
Blair got Clinton involved
1999 NATO bombing forced Milovovic out
“we are here because of ethnic cleansing and genocide”
“Tonibler” children
what happened in Sierra Leone
2000
civil war
britain forces sent to initially evacuate
General Richard stayed and Brought war to end
“saviours”
what happened at 9/11
in 2001 Al Qaeda hijacked 4 planes and hit the twin towers killing 3000
quotes for 9/11
Marr “solidarity with America”
Kaleidoscope speech “justice and prosperity”
who supported invasion of Afghanistan
EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NATO
UN
public
what did the Taliban do
allowed Al Qaeda to use Afghanistan as a base
what happened with the invasion of Afghanistan
signs of liberal interventionism
leaders of Taliban/Al Qaeda escaped
new democratic regime- development slow
attention to Iraq in 2002 allowed Taliban to regroup
what were the fears over Iraq
that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction
what did the 2002 resolution force Hussein to do
allow weapon inspectors in
who didn’t approve the Iraq war
The UN- Blairs resolutions failed
2003 1 million members of public marched against “biggest demonstration ever held” (Marr)
how was Iraq invaded
2003
USA backed by Britain, Poland, Italy
Bush was going to war no matter what
Hussein gone in a month
no decisive end to war
why was Iraq controversial
no evidence of WMD-Hans Blix
Robin cook(FS) resigned “there were no weapons in Iraq until we were there”
stop the war marches
Abu Ghraib abuse of prisoners
MI6 Dossier- WMD in 45mins- unreliable
David Kelly
July bombs
never got UN approval
what was “Bliars” approval rating after Iraq
24%
