Syria has recently broken a promise to be chemical weapon free. In private, the country has been creating WMDs and hiding them. When we suspected the non-tolerable weapons and inspected, they had moved all equiptmen to one of 23 sights. The U.S. has been to 21 of them. Most people have considered this the "most challenging mission ever" due to their cleverness and our fear of nuclear war breakout. However, on November 15th, a huge step will be made towards peace as we adress the plan to destoy the chemical weapons. This article relates to the last section of this standard due to the Invasion of Afghanistan. The Invasion of Afghanistan took place because we thought that they had been creating chemical weapons instead of Syria. SS7H2 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century. a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict. b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious connection to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe. c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for continuing conflicts in the Middle East. d. Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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