1. War

2. War Definition • Open-armed conflict between nations • Objective: control land & people • Foreign Policy: 3-Steps • Diplomacy • Economic Sanctions • War

3. Characteristics of Conventional Warfare • Uniforms • Predictable • Known Weapons • Rules • No Relief Site/Red Cross • POW Treatments • Target: Miltary • Not civilians • Military sites

4. Characteristics Continued • Large # of troops – see movement • Expensive • Worlds Biggest Armies • China – 2 million • U.S. – 1.4 million • India – 1.3 million • Russia 1.2 million • North Korea – 1.1 million

5. Biggest Armies Cont. • South Korea • Pakistan • Turkey • Vietnam • Egypt

6. U.S. Military Policy Changes • 1970’s Vietnam Wam • Guerrilla Warfare: unconventional • Small groups • Emeshed in Civilian Society • Ambushes/Raids • War Protests – Public/People Changed Policy • The public would NOT accept large casualties of civilians and or military personnel anymore.

7. 1991 Persian Gulf War • Iraq invaded Kuwait • Saddam wanted port and oil (1/4) • Whole world didn’t like it • U.S. pushed Saddam back into Iraq • Used new tactic • “Shock and Awe” – Shock enemies with new technology, they would be in awe, and they would surrender • Objective: Low Casualties

8. Operation Enduring Freedom • 2001: War with Afghanistan • U.N. Approved • Taliban in Afghanistan  harboring Terrorist group Al Queda • Leader: Osama bin Ladin • Believed to be responsible for 9/11 • Trying to institute Democracy • Help from NATO

9. Operation Iraqi Freedom • 2003: War with Iraq • Not U.N. Approved • Preemptive Strike: you attack before they attack you

10. Reasons to Want War • Weapons of Mass Destruction • Biological, Chemical, Nuclear • Terrorism • Saddam – evil dictator • People oppressed – liberate • Democracy • Christian Just War Theory: 7 criteria must be met