Military intervention Flashcards
What are 2 reasons why military intervention can be deemed to be successful?
Improvements can be made to HR
Better than doing nothing
What are 3 reasons why military intervention can be deemed to be unsuccessful?
Collateral damage
Alternatives to military intervention
HR of developed countries brought into question
How many students were in education under the rule of the Taliban, and how many of these students were girls in Afghanistan? (Improvements can be made to HR)
1.2 million in total
50,000 were girls
How many students attended schools in 2013 in Afghanistan? (Improvements can be made to HR)
10.5 million students
What % of teenage girls are literate in Afghanistan? (Improvements can be made to HR)
37%
What % of women are literate in Afghanistan? (Improvements can be made to HR)
19%
Edmund Burke - ‘the only thing necessary for _____ to _______ is for _____ men to do ______ nothing.’ (Better than doing nothing)
‘The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing’
How many people are in prison camps in North Korea? (Better than doing nothing)
80,000-120,000
How many fighters does ISIS have?
31,000 fighters
How many Kurds were killed under the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq? (Better than doing nothing)
180,000
What do recipients of military intervention lose when they are controlled by foreign military forces?
Sovereignty
How many American soldiers have died in the war in Afghanistan?
2175 American soldiers
What can be created as a result of the removal of a regime and what is an example of this?
Power vacuum
The rise in power of ISIS in Syria due to the removal of Saddam Hussein in Iraq
How many civilians have died in the war in Afghanistan?
150,000
How many regime changes has Afghanistan experienced in the last 50 years?
4 regime changes
How many detainees have been brought to Guantanamo Bay?
775
In August 2021, how many civilians were evacuated from Afghanistan?
123,000
How many people were displaced from their homes in the Ivory Coast during the conflict of 2011?
1 million
How many people were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast in 2011?
3000
After the military intervention of French forces during the 2011 Ivory Coast conflict, how long did it take for normal life to resume?
2 months
What was the average annual economic growth rate in the Ivory Coast since 2011?
9%
What did the new government in the Ivory Coast pledge to do?
Investigate human rights abuses within the country
When and where did the Srebrenica Massacre occur?
1995
Eastern Bosnia
How many Muslim men and boys killed?
8000
What is the Srebrenica Massacre an example of?
Good men doing nothing
