P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Where does America rank in the world II We represent 6 of the world s population a Universities b Disinvesting in assets III Importance of the middle class IV Healthcare V Opinion of the US Outline of Current Lecture I Our Generation II Underpinnings of the Cold War a Marshall Plan b Containment c Reagan Doctrine III America and China IV World s Wealth V Gulf Wars VI What Now These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Current Lecture I This is the first time we don t believe the next generation will have more opportunities than in the past II What were the underpinnings of the Cold War a The Marshall Plan i Take American money and know how and give it to countries that had previously been our enemies in order to feed them and take care of them ii Would republicans and democrats be able to agree on that today 1 Today there would be 60 second spotlights of people pointing out all the flaws and blaming it on the other party iii After countries received our help polls showed that they were no longer about to become communist iv SEATO 1 South East Asia Treaty Organization b Containment III IV V VI i To keep communism from spreading to other countries ii Put down a line and say that if you spread across it America will stop you 1 Soviets were trying to get outside their area and America would make them pay a price blowing up weapons supplies costly damages etc c Reagan Doctrine i Make them pay a price so large economically that it will cause problems at home and cause dissention crippling them ii Treaties had banned anti ballistic missiles but Reagan threatened the Soviets by saying we would develop them even though we had no plans to 1 Scared the Russians to death so they scrambled to find resources to develop their own money 2 Using up money they didn t have America and China are to the point now that we are kind of locked in together they can t do without us buying their products and we can t do without their products a Developing a sort of friendly working relationship b A lot of our taxes are going to building up our military in case of foreign relations going poorly i China is still a threat Our share of the world s wealth is falling at about 1 a year a We used to be 68 and now we re more like 28 If you have a bipartisan interest other countries will depend on you First Two Gulf Wars a George H W Bush got real help financial supplies etc from 70 different countries to invade Kuwait i Colin Powell was telling him to be careful because if you break it you buy it b The plan was to go all out when we got in there take out Saddam take over Iraq cause Civil Wars between the Sunis and the Shiites etc but the hard part was the exit strategy c Cost of the first Gulf War i Few casualties 200 ii Avoided hard feelings iii 0 financial cost 1 paid for by other countries a Over reimbursed by Japanese d Cost of the second Gulf War i A few financial allies and cosmetic allies 1 Not nearly as many people helping us ii 2 trillion dollars in cost iii untold numbers of casualties iv little success e First was planned and carried out better VII So now what do we do a We won the Cold War i Europeans don t follow our lead all the time anymore very freethinking now ii We were bearing the burden of protecting free democracy in the world but now we re to the point where we can t afford it anymore b What is our role in the world i We re not what we once were and we can t pay for everything like we once could ii We re still powerful but not enough to do it by ourselves 1 The rest of the world is not trustful of us due to our invasion of Iraq iii We could change the way we do foreign aid 1 Instead of sending a check we could send equipment and physical help