Outline
A. Nature & History of HS Issue
a. Explore the political and military dynamics if the US pulls troops from Afghanistan and sends them to Syria and Iraq.
i. How will this affect the regional stability of the Middle East?
ii. How will the UAE government respond?
iii. How will this position affect homeland security approaches, both in the UAE and the United States?
b. Brief History of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
i. Lessons learned
1. U.S. CIA Involvement
a. US Weapons turn the tide of war in Afghanistan
i. Mujahadeen
1. Fighters for future conflicts?
ii. Bin Laden
1. Family Lineage and ties with US
2. Saudi Arabia 1994
3. War with America
c. 2001 – US invasion
i. 9/11 attacks response
1. Afghanistan Again
a. Allies = US and Coalition Forces
i. UAE involvement
1. Hijacker origins
2. UAE in Afghanistan
3. UAE / US relations
d. The call for jihad?
i. Affects of Afghanistan on the Middle East?
1. Iraq War intensifies anti-American sentiment
a. Fallujuah
b. 2006 elections
c. Maliki government
i. Shia atrocities
ii. Sunni voice in government silenced
e. The emergence of ISIS
i. Syria and the Levant
1. Religious significance
a. Al Sham
f. Political instability
i. Iraq = Sunni/Shia/Kurdish
1. Three-part government?
2. Democracy vs. Sharia Law?
B. Security Concerns
a. If the US sends in troops
i. UAE position?
1. Support the US?
ii. 2016 U.S. Elections
1. Another conflict in the Middle East?
2. AUMF – Authentication for U.S. Military Force
a. Troops in Iraq????
b. American popular opinion
c. Middle East popular opinion
iii. ISIS in America?
1. ISIS has proclaimed a war within the USA
b. Should the US fund a third party to combat ISIS?*****
C. Solutions / Recommendations
a. Author’s personal opinion
b. US position
c. UAE position
d. Qatar position
e. Saudi Arabia position
f. Bahrain position
g. Morocco position
h. Jordan position
i. Iraq position
j. Syria position
