POLS 103 1st Edition Lecture 38Outline of Last Lecture 1.The PacificUS Influence China Influence Outline of Current Lecture II. ImmigrationIII. IsraelIV. Hagel V. AfghanistanVI. IranCurrent LectureImmigrationExecutive order about Immigration from Obamaabout 11 million illegal immigrants in the USDemocrats seem to have a huge advantage in presidential elections because of immigrants primarily (Hispanic) tend to vote democratic Israel Has a large Jewish population and Arab population this is a demographic issueIsrael had a lot of Jewish votes- but it appears that Arabs are growing and there will be a bigger population of Arab voters in the future Huge debate- is Israel a democracy or a Jewish stateIsrael is on a path to: reduce democracy 1. remove Arabic as an official language 2. make democracy less important than Jewishness Hagel 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.Obama fired Hagen- Secretary of DefenseHagel didn’t do anything wrong- it is purely policy issuehis views haven’t changed- when he was hired by Obama their views were the same (less force from the military) but now Obama’s views have shifted; he has become more pro-force so he had to get rid of HagelThis is a Public Relations factor Selling people on policies you have is critical to getting that policy accepted People wanted more aggression in going after Syria and Russia so Obama responded AfghanistanPurpose of going to Afghanistan was to rebuild the country in 2004 the poverty rate was 36%the Us’s purpose was to combat terrorism to solve poverty make Taliban go away US has spent about 1 trillion dollars in AfghanistanNow, the poverty rate is still 36%this is a terrible signhave we wasted a trillion dollars?there is some good- more schools, better military, government doing better but also bad- corruption, lots of factions, and still Taliban which is growing IranThere has been no change talking has been extended yet againno agreement domestic politics issues the more time that passes without deal, the greater the chance no deal will happen- Iranwill go back to trying nuclear testsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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