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
