In 2003, the United States circumvented the United Nations declaration of war on Iraq under the guise of a bag of laundry detergent and determined that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
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Presumably, many people do not understand that there are so many countries on the earth, why can the United States not get by with Iraq?
The main reason for the U.S. attack on Iraq is the contradictions left over from the 1991 Gulf War, and there are many other factors.
After the 911 attacks, for example, Saddam Hussein was the only one to publicly support al-Qaeda.
For example, in order to get rid of the influence of the United States, Saddam Hussein advocated the use of other currencies when trading oil, and so on.
We all know that after the end of World War II, the United States rose to the top of the world.
Even the Soviet Union during the Cold War did not dare to calmly engage the United States in a confrontation.
In this way, why did Saddam Hussein not fear the United States?
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The first point is due to the level of military power in Iraq.
Although Saddam Hussein's claim that the world's fourth-ranked military strength did have water, Iraq's military strength at that time was indeed among the highest in the world.
Iraq has very rich oil reserves, and in 1972 Saddam Hussein decided to make these oil resources the private property of the state.
By selling oil alone, Iraq had nearly $40 billion in foreign exchange reserves in the late seventies.
Two years later, Iraq's average national income has reached $3,900, far surpassing Saudi Arabia, South Korea and other countries, and becoming a veritable rich country.
In addition to the high average income of the people, Iraq also has four free incomes: free medical care, free pension, free education, and free housing, which even many developed countries cannot reach this level now.
It is precisely because of these that Saddam Hussein has always flaunted his status as the president of a world power, so he has no fear of the United States.
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