29. THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBALIZED WORLD, 1993 to the present

Quiz for Comparative Analysis The War in Iraq

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: The War in Iraq

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. By what standard of measure did President George W. Bush argue that the United States had been victorious in Iraq?

Removing Saddam Hussein

Holding free elections in Iraq

Eliminating the Iraqi armed forces

Providing women the right to vote

2. What did President Bush state was still necessary before the removal of American forces?

The rebuilding of the Iraqi military

The establishment of a new dictatorship

The investigation of weapons of mass destruction

The rebuilding of the city of Baghdad

3. According to reporter Farnaz Fassihi, what was the situation in Baghdad after President Bush declared victory?

Peaceful and prosperous

Dangerous and unstable

Neglected and uninhabited

Pro-American and grateful

4. Who did Fassihi imply was the target for much of the violence and hatred in Iraq?

Saddam Hussein

The United States

Journalists like Fassihi

The Iraqi armed forces

5. How can the accounts of President Bush and Fassihi differ so greatly on the victory, or lack thereof, in Iraq?

President Bush did not know about the violence in Baghdad.

Fassihi was wrong or exaggerating about the problems in Iraq.

Bush and Fassihi measured success by different standards.

President Bush was happy about the high death toll in Iraq.

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