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post cold war disappointmentsdisintegration in Yugoslavia9-119/11 Commission9/11 Commission report: Final report of the national commission on terrorism attacks upon the US. Available onlinecommission created by congress and the president. 27 November 2002commission reviewed more than 2.5 million pgs of documentsinterviewed more than 1200 individuals in ten countrieschairmen=Thomas Kean=republican former governor of NJvice president=Lee Hamilton, is president and director of the Woodrow Wilson international center for scholars. DemocratAmerican flight 11United Flight 93Passengers and crew fought back—thought supposed to crash into Washington DC, crashed in empty field in PennsylvaniaBush in Florida then in transit, so president Chaney started making decisionsConcludes: four kinds of failures US govt allowed to happenOf ImaginationStuff like this had happened before ish foreshadowing?Of PolicyWeren’t procedures in placeOf CapabilitiesCapabilities were still largely to fight soviet union in Cold war even though it was 2001Wasn’t clear line of command, nearly an hour before all decisions makers were in a conference callWeren’t prepared for asymmetrical attack on homelandOf managementEvents that gave way to war in Afghanistan and IraqTransatlantic tensionsUS responds to 9/11 by invading both Afghanistan and IraqFocus here: Not the conflicts themselves but impact on transatlantic relationsAdvantages to “neoconservative” or “neocon” approach of “war on terror”Provided quick support form national pressDisadvantagesNegative impact on rest of worldreliant upon questionable intelligenceover reliant on militarized policiesexecuted poorlydenied complexity of democratization process (democratize countries in Arab world could not happen quickly, despite US beliefs it could)did not maintain public supportAbu Ghraib abusesAnti-american protests in EuropeHUGE support right after 9/11, “everyone is an American now”, quickly dissipatedDo you believe that Bush and tony blair lied about knowledge that WMD in iraq had mostly been eradicated and they were just hungry to go to war?82% of French response said yesPinter (nobel peace winner in 2005 , British) acceptance speech bashed USHUGE transatlantic tensions arose, worst in 2006Attempting to recover from past failures← post cold war disappointments ← disintegration in Yugoslavia← 9-11←← 9/11 Commission- 9/11 Commission report: Final report of the national commission on terrorism attacks upon the US. Available online- commission created by congress and the president. 27 November 2002- commission reviewed more than 2.5 million pgs of documents- interviewed more than 1200 individuals in ten countries- chairmen=Thomas Kean=republican former governor of NJ- vice president=Lee Hamilton, is president and director of the Woodrow Wilson international center for scholars. Democrat- American flight 11- United Flight 93oPassengers and crew fought back—thought supposed to crashinto Washington DC, crashed in empty field in Pennsylvania- Bush in Florida then in transit, so president Chaney started making decisions- Concludes: four kinds of failures US govt allowed to happenoOf ImaginationStuff like this had happened before ish foreshadowing?oOf PolicyWeren’t procedures in placeoOf CapabilitiesCapabilities were still largely to fight soviet union in Cold war even though it was 2001Wasn’t clear line of command, nearly an hour before all decisions makers were in a conference callWeren’t prepared for asymmetrical attack on homelandoOf management- Events that gave way to war in Afghanistan and Iraq← Transatlantic tensions- US responds to 9/11 by invading both Afghanistan and Iraq- Focus here: Not the conflicts themselves but impact on transatlanticrelations← Advantages to “neoconservative” or “neocon” approach of “war on terror”- Provided quick support form national press← Disadvantages- Negative impact on rest of world- reliant upon questionable intelligence- over reliant on militarized policies- executed poorly- denied complexity of democratization process (democratize countries in Arab world could not happen quickly, despite US beliefs it could)- did not maintain public supportAbu Ghraib abusesAnti-american protests in Europe- HUGE support right after 9/11, “everyone is an American now”, quickly dissipated- Do you believe that Bush and tony blair lied about knowledge that WMD in iraq had mostly been eradicated and they were just hungry to go to war?o82% of French response said yes- Pinter (nobel peace winner in 2005 , British) acceptance speech bashed US- HUGE transatlantic tensions arose, worst in 2006←16/11/2011 03:38:00←16/11/2011


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