U.S. Foreign Policy 1989 - 2009George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush

George H.W. Busho 41st Presidento 43rd Vice

Presidento 1989 – 1993o Republicano Vice President –

Dan Quayle

Panamao Manuel Noriega –

Military Governor of Panama from 1983 – 1989

o Operation “Just Cause”

o U.S. sent 24,000 soldiers to Panama and arrested Noriega

o U.S. installed elected leaders

This Panama Slide is Better

Noriega’s nickname was pineapple face.

Van Halen is more interesting than Noriega.

Soviet Uniono Gorbachev comes

to power in 1985o Glasnost and

Perestroikao Eastern European

countries become democratic in 1989

o Soviet Union collapses in 1991 and becomes democratic

Wait… what is going on in the U.S.S.R.?

Bush responded to the unprecedented events by being really confused.

Soviet Union

Soviet UnionOh shoot…

now what?

When the Soviet Union ceased to exist Gorbachev was out of a job.

Boris Yeltsin became the first elected President of Russia.

Outcomes

The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed

They had to listen to this. We got to listen to this.

The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed

They had this. We had this.

The Real Reason the Soviet Union Failed

They had to eat this. We got to eat this.

R.I.P. Soviet Union (Now we have no more bad guys for our movies)

1st Gulf Waro Saddam Hussein

invaded Kuwait in 1990

o Iraq claimed Kuwait was overproducing oil driving the price down

o Iraq claimed Kuwait was slant drilling to steal oil

o Iraq quickly gained control of Kuwait

Why doesn’t the U.S. like

me anymore?

1st Gulf War

o Saudi Arabia asked the U.S. to push Saddam out of Kuwait

o Bush organized “Operation Desert Storm”, a U.N. coalition force to invade Kuwait

So, are you going to vote for me in the

next election?

The U.N. Coalition Forceo U.S. 540,000o Britain 45,000o Saudi Arabia 40,000o Egypt 35,000o Syria 20,000o Kuwait 7000o Bahrain 3000o Morocco 2000

The French sent this guy also.

o World’s 4th largest army

o 540,000 + soldierso 3000 + tankso 2000 + artillery pieceso 750 + combat aircrafto http://youtu.be/yfAeMt

cURg0

The Iraqi Army on Paper

The Iraqi Army in Reality

Outcomes

Bill Clintono 42nd Presidento Former Governor

of Arkansaso 1993 – 2001o Democrato Vice President – Al

Gore

Oslo Accordso Peace agreement

between Palestinians and Israelis

o Created Palestinian National Authority

o IDF withdrew from parts of Gaza Strip and West Bank

o Avoided pretty much every important decision

This isn’t going to

work. This isn’t

going to

work.

Palestine

This is why the Palestinians are mad.

Bosniao Dayton Accord 1995o Bosnia was divided

into two semi-independent parts

o Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

o Republica of Srpska

USS Cole

George W. Busho 43rd Presidento Governor of Texaso 2001 – 2009o Republicano Vice President – Dick

Cheneyo Nickname = Dubbyao Member of Skull and

Bones

Bush Nicknames

Altoid Boy

Pootie PootDino

Turd Blossom

Big TimeThe World’s Greatest

Hero

The U.S. should have called other potential invaders and occupiers of

AfghanistanAlexander the

Great Soviet UnionIt took me three

years and I had to build many

fortresses. Finally, I beat feet back to

civilization.

Gromov here, it took us ten years to

control no more than a few cities.

Luckily the Taliban lacked essential equipment and was easily defeated.

Taliban rocket launcherThe picture says it all

Outcomes

Why did we invade Iraq?

We Never Found Any

We Never Found Good Evidence

Uh…Yea.

Iraq 2003o Coalition of the

Willing (48 Countries?)

o United Stateso United Kingdomo Australiao + a bunch of other

countries who didn’t send combat troops

Let’s not forget the Pacific Island of Palau who sent these guys.

Coalition of the Willing

Only 3 of these countries sent combat troops to Iraq.