Three Kings

4/10/2013

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Three kings is a satirical war film based on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein following the end of the first Gulf War. At the beginning of the film the Iraqi Army soldiers are surrendering to U.S. troops. Troy and his unit diarm and strip-search the Iraqi soldiers. They come across a Map tucked between a man's buttock cheeks. Troy decides not to tell his commanding officer, and Archie convinces Troy the map is of Saddam's bunkers, filled with gold from Kuwait. They decide to steal this gold. As they are on there way out of the bunker with the gold they as a man's wife pleads with them not to abandon the anti-Saddam dissidents, but the she gets shot anyway. Archie decides they cant leave because of this. He wants to help and he starts firing of the Iraqi Republican Guard. They free a group of Iraqi prisoners, including the dissident rebel leader, violating the ceasefire and triggering a firefight. the Americans blunder into a minefield and get separated. Iraqi. Iraqi soldiers capture Troy and a group of rebels rescue the remaining Americans and take them to their underground hideout, retrieving the bags containing the gold as they go. There they make a deal with the rebels to help their families reach the Iranian border, after they rescue Troy. They rescue troy but in the process one their friends dies. anyway they get the Iraqis back to board but must forfeit there gold as a sacrifice. 
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To what extent were the conflicts between Iran, Iraq and Kuwait fought over oil resources? To what extent were they religious?

4/5/2013

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The Conflicts between Iran, Iraq and Kuwait were ignited by religious tension but were fueled by oil resources. When the Shiite revolution occurred in Iran and the Shah is replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini it concerned Saddam Hussein deeply. Hussein is the Sunni leader of Iraq and fears a Shiite revolution. Khomeini is anti-American thus they supported Iraq. War eventually breaks out from the fear that revolution would spread to Iraq. Thus far in this conflict it is a religion based war; however they both claimed territory of each others (Oil). Saddam Hussein claims Kuwait and starts the first Gulf war. August 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait. This is done because of the oil fields in Kuwait. America says "no more Munich s" proclaimed by George Bush Sr. and place sanctions on Iraq to pull out. This quote refers to the hard line stance against appeasement; however Bush perhaps is also pushed because of oil. All and all The conflicts in these Arab nations were caused from both religious reasons and the allure oil resources. 
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What were the outcomes of the four Arab-Israeli wars and how did this further establish the country of Israel?

4/3/2013

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Israel had a series of stunning military victory's against Arab nations. This has helped establish Israel as a powerful nation. In israels infancy directly after the UN granted palestine to the Jews, they got attacked by   five Arab countries Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. However the conflict ended with Israel gaining considerable territory. Proving israel as a country. Israel also set up a first strike policy and would kill two Arabs for every one Israeli killed in a terrorist attack. Next durring the 1956 Suez Crisis Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. A French, British, and Israeli coalition attacked Egypt and occupied the canal zone but soon withdrew under international pressure. In the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel attacked Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The war ended with the Israel occupying substantial amounts of Arab territory. this despute ended with international diplomacy which also helped estabish israel as a nation. Egypt and syria attacked Israel in 1973, despite this early Arab sucees the conflict ended inconclusively moreover proving Israeli military prowess from this the Arab nation learned Israel couldn't be beat militarily. Thus Israel come out of all major conflicts a stronger country. 
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To what extent did France and Britain make things worse in the Middle East region following World War I? Did the United Nations fulfill its mandate of trying to create world peace?

4/1/2013

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Undoubtedly the British and French have created problems in the Middle east. However, due to the Sykes-Picot agreement in 1916 most of the territory was given to Britain. Thus the onus for what has happend in the Middle East is more on England than France. Despite this the British and the French were still responsible in dividing up the former Ottoman territories into mandates. The Balfour Declaration which was a British initiative, promised to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine. But, this is where the Problem was created, because the French also promised the Arabs independence in the very same region. This began the Israeli-Arab conflict. But, Britain specially was quiet responsable for what happen because they promised the Israelis the region after France gave the arabs independence. After this the British handed over the problem to the UN but at this point little could be done to solve what had happend. The UN did the best they could to create world peace but unfortunately it is, for the most part, an unsolvable conflict. 
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