Open AccessThe Economic Crisis Seen from Israel: Cause and Effect
Author(s) -
Lily Polliack
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nordicum-mediterraneum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1670-6242
DOI - 10.33112/nm.5.1.11
Subject(s) - offensive , middle east , islam , political science , vanguard , islamic fundamentalism , george (robot) , fundamentalism , economic history , development economics , political economy , ancient history , history , law , sociology , politics , management , economics , archaeology , art history
Put it briefly, the current economic crisis, primarily affecting the Western world, is the direct consequence of the United States of America’s strategic approach to Middle East conflict resolution, mostly as conducted at the time of the two Bush Administrations, 1988-1992 and 2001-2009. It begins in the summer of 1990, when President George Bush amassed in Saudi Arabia an army of half a million US soldiers who took over the capital – American style. While the US military goal was to prepare there for an offensive intended to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait and, if possible, Iraq, the Muslims living in Riyadh considered American social behavior in their city to be offensive to the Muslim way of life. Hence it created an anti-American sentiment that ultimately paved the way for a vanguard of Islamic Fundamentalists to carry out 9/11. Their intention was to oust Western influence from the Middle East, but instead of getting the message, the son of President George Bush went after them, seeking to stamp Islamic Fundamentalism out of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, etc.