Essay On Civil War In The Middle East

The U.S. was cautious in approaching the problem with Syria, though. They did not want to appear as having imperial motives and thus sought incite a regional response, especially the support of Saudi Arabia. The relationship with Saudi Arabia was strategic in itself because of its fundamental role in the Arab world, especially in dealing with Egypt, as well as its increasing wealth in oil. The U.S., though, did not get the response they were looking for. Saudi Arabia placed the problem squarely on the U.S. government’s shoulders and therefore caused them to change their policies towards Syria. One such change would be that of a military intervention in Syria. Eisenhower could not justify military intervention with Syria without separating it from the similar crisis in the Suez. Thus, military intervention in Syria was justified through asserting that Syria was secretly being infiltrated by the Soviet Union. To solidify this policy the United States needed to find physical proof that this was indeed happening in Syria. This further fueled the need for an all-Arab response in Syria. When other Arab nations refused to respond to the crisis the United States looked to Turkey to stage a military intervention against Syria. This move was not a smart one in that it prompted a response from the Soviet Union in which it warned Turkey not to take action against Syria.

Terrorism is the most concerned conflict the United States has on its agenda today. On September 11th of 2001, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, killing over 2,000 people and causing the buildings to collapse. This horrendous event caused the U.S. to start research, prepare, and prevent the terrorist attacks. It was discovered that the planes were hijacked by a group of militants from al-Qaeda (terrorists associated with the Islamic Extremist Group). Although the United States has recovered, the Middle East is continued to be left corrupt and unstable. The U.S. stresses that the Middle East will strike again, especially because the rise of power that terrorists have gained over the past years. Since most countries in the Middle East are unfortunately experiencing such low conditions, terrorism has created a large impact on it.

During the late 1970s into the late 1980s the United States was very active in the Middle East. The Soviet Union had much control over much of Afghanistan. The United States of America saw this as a clear threat, the spread of Communism. With the assistance of the Palestinian government, the United States funded the Palestinians to fight the Russians. This situation eventually lead to what would later be called the Taliban. When communism ended and the threat of the Soviets was gone, the United States of America was in a pretty good place. In the years 1990 to 1991, the United States along with many other countries were part of a coalition to take out the leader Saddam Hussein, from power in Iraq. This operation was known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of allied bombardment, the Iraqi military surrendered, ending in a victory for the coalition (“Persian”).

Abraham Lincoln once stated, "A House divided against itself cannot stand. I Believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall. But I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other". More than anything else, differing interpretations about the Civil War drove the debate over the meaning of the Constitution and of the Union.

If I were Abraham Lincoln during the US Civil War, there would few things if any that I would change. I would try to do anything to avoid a war between our own country. I would try to settle the territory disputes and the slavery disputes with an orderly fashion. But if none of that works and we tried our absolute best, then I would say go to war to end the conflicts. After the war the slavery issue of the Emancipation Proclamation did not work as well as they hoped. They had no place to go after they were free and no one wanted to help them or even live with them or near them.

Likewise, there are several instances in which the Unites States has stepped in to alleviate foreign crises. Mullaney expresses that in 2014, air strikes were launched to help the Yazidi people, and other countries have agreed to help with combat, but they are waiting on America to make the move towards war; while President Obama has been submitting requests to send out troops, nothing has been approved yet (125, 128). The United States needs to have approval to launch troops to help the Yazidi people. Mullaney is insistent that the U.S. must provide more than just air strikes in order to help the Yazidis. While some feel that it is not the United States’ responsibility, ISIS cannot be stopped alone. On the contrary, the author includes

The continuing successful and attempted terrorist attacks in the USA and the endless wars and conflicts in which we are involved are a manifestation of political, economical and imperialistic failures in Arab lands.  This was supported by Western society with the United States as the largest of powers.  Instability, oppression, poverty and political alienation that the citizens of many Islamic-Arab nations experienced within the last hundred years have led to major hatred of the United States by the people of many Arab nations.  These sources of hatred can be viewed as remote causes of the endless terror attacks and conflicts around the globe.  Through the analysis of these causes, it is possible to find ways to avoid such

Conflict between the U.S. and the Middle East has gone on for too long. Starting in the reagan administration and continuing until now. In the book “Fool’s Errand” Scott Horton, the author, writes about what has caused this conflict to last so long and why the U.S. is involved anyway. Horton believes that the problem in the Middle East will get worse before it gets better, and that it will last for generations to come.

As we all know United States of America is one of the most powerful country in the world and it has a power to change the ruling party of other countries. People have different opinion on US going to war, even US citizen have opinion on this. I, strictly oppose US on their foreign policy. They work for their own interest and to make big businessman happy who support politician financially. Others, who are concerned about the threat of terrorist activity in this country and others, stick with the belief that the United States is right in their attempt to remove people dictating countries from power. We hear a lot of talk in the media about the US and allied forces bringing freedom and democracy to the people of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Let us not be deceived by these grand words; they are lies.

There are a wide variety of arguments regarding the current conflicts in the Middle East, but one of the most heated debates is whether or not the United States should interfere. Two people with opposite opinions on the matter are H. A. Goodman and David E. Johnson. Both are professional authors, and both wrote articles on the subject of United States intervention against the terrorist organization ISIS. While Goodman’s article has a wider audience, Johnson’s article is probably more persuasive and credible.

Many things have occurred throughout history which have impacted the instability in the middle east. World War One, and all of the treaties, alliances, and declarations that came about due to that have affected todays time and the decisions the United States Military makes regarding the issues of the middle east. America has learned a lot from the past, and this has ultimately benefited them in the end. The United States is more able to make educated decisions now because of all the past occurrences.

Syrian civil war started in 2011 was the outcome of the opposition against the President Bashar al-Assad regime. The uprising emerged as a response to the Arab spring movement that lead to regime change in Tunisia and subsequently turned into mass unrest rooted into the discontent with long-term dictatorship and poor economic situation in the country (Manfreda, n.d.). The number of Syrian citizens killed in the civil war reached 140000 since March 2011 (SBS 2014). The European Commission (2014, 2) reports approximately 9.3 million civilians “in need for humanitarian assistance”. The scale of armed rebellion between government and opposition that lead to an increasing number of casualties among civilians did not remain unnoticed by the

Ethnic conflicts are well rooted in the world's history and perhaps inherent in human nature. This type of conflict is difficult to resolve as is evident in the situation in the Middle East. The ethnic conflict theory explains that it is not territory, politics, or economics that prevents the achievement of peace between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, instead, it is a deep-seated hatred of one another that neither group can overcome. The Camp David Summit in July 2000, the most recent attempt at fostering a lasting peace is a clear example of how ethnocentrism can prevents success.

Ever since the beginning of the terrorist attacks on American soil, the War on Terror has been involved in the lives of Americans and nations near us. The War on Terror’s background originated through conflicts between warring countries in the Middle East; U.S. involvement started when a terrorist guided plane crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 in New York City. The attack was suspected to be the work of the middle-eastern terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The U.S. military, under the leadership of then commander-in-chief George W. Bush, declared a “War on Terror” on the terrorist group and the fighting began.

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