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Question 1

How long did Pahse three last?

Answer 1

2009-2014

Question 2

Who was elected in 2008 and took office in 2009?

Answer 2

Obama

Question 3

What did Obama say his goal was in his speach in Marth of 2009?

Answer 3

To disrupt, dismatle, and defete Al Queda in Afahanistan and Paksiatn and prevent theor return in the future

Question 4

What is the main diffferance betwen BIsh and Ombam’s plans?

Answer 4

• defete AQ in Afganistan and Pakistan
• prevent thir retunr in the future

Question 5

Why and Pkaistan?

Answer 5

• AQ and the tliaban are hiding in the Tribal areas

Question 6

What are the tribal areas?

Answer 6

• These are on the border of Afgh. and Pakistan
• Ruled by tirbes
• mostly muslim fundemintalists

Question 7

What are the three parts to Obama’s goals?

Answer 7

• Military
• Economic
• Political

Question 8

What do we need for the military strategy to work?

Answer 8

more troops

Question 9

What are the three parts to the miliatary strategy?

Answer 9

Clear
Hold
Locals

Question 10

What do we need to claer the areas of?

Answer 10

Taliban & AQ

Question 11

Why do we need to claer areas of the Tlaiban and AQ? (3)

Answer 11

• if they don’t have a safe place to operate, they are less effective
• disrupt suply lines, bomb factories, and commeand centers

Question 12

What are bomb factories?

Answer 12

• # 1 threat to Ameri. soilders
• they make IED’s which are the most dabgerous and deadly
• they can be hidden in walls and on roads

Question 13

What are IED’s and what do they stand for?

Answer 13

• IED= imporvised expolisve device/ roadside bombs
  homake explosives

Question 14

How are we going to clear areas?

Answer 14

• bomb with drones (romote controled aorplians carrying bombs)
• then inavade with troops

Question 15

How do we need to hold areas after clearing?

Answer 15

• Use of Afgan forces (new govn’t) critical to this
• US must train and build up Afgan secruity forces to do this
• Afgans cna provide security so we can eventually go home