Sixteen years ago, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured by the US military while fleeing, and after more than three years of torture, he finally died by hanging.
Before he died, he said: "Iraq without Saddam is nothing!" At present, it seems that this sentence has indeed been fulfilled.
In the past, people often mentioned the country of Iraq, but in recent years, there has been less and less information about this country, and there is no sense of existence in international status.
The United States promised to bring freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people under the pretext that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, and it turned out that the United States commitment was only a huge lie, and the Iraqi people woke up to the fact that they had lost four precious things.
Security and stability
Saddam Hussein launched two wars during his reign, causing huge losses to Iraq, not only consuming a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but also leading to sanctions and isolation by the international community, but unexpectedly, under Saddam's iron fist, Iraq maintained relative security and stability.
Saddam Hussein suppressed various opposition, separatist forces and evil organizations, preserved the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, and built a formidable military force that made Iraq one of the most influential countries in the Middle East.
Seeing such an unregulated and independent country emerge from the Middle East, the United States could not sit still, and he launched a military invasion of Iraq under the pretext that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
In just three months, the U.S. military occupied Baghdad, overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime, and planned to establish a Western-style democracy in Iraq, which led to deep divisions and bitter clashes among Iraq's various ethnic groups, sects and political factions.
In an environment where Iraq has been plunged into years of civil strife and violence, tens of thousands of innocent civilians have died in the war, and evil organizations have risen rapidly in the war, the life of the Iraqi people is full of fear and insecurity, and they may be shot and assassinated at any time and anywhere.
Today's Iraq is still in war, many people have begun to miss the security and stability of Saddam's era, and some people think that Saddam Hussein is a "hero" and "protective", but unfortunately everything cannot be returned.
Welfare and development
During his reign, Saddam Hussein used abundant oil resources to provide important benefits for the Iraqi people, including cheap housing, free education, free pensions, etc., and at that time, the living standards of the Iraqi people continued to rise, and the happiness index also increased.
But after the US invasion, these benefits were deprived and reduced, he tried to change Iraq's economic structure and social system through privatization and marketization and other measures, and also abolished various subsidies and benefits of the Saddam era, the cost of living of the people increased, and naturally some people had no place to live, no education, and no medical treatment.
Dignity and sovereignty
Although Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, he always stood firm: Iraq is a country with its own dignity and sovereignty, which reminds me of Qin Shi Huang, who unified the six countries, although he was also a tyrant, but in our hearts he is also a famous emperor of the ages.
Saddam Hussein had also established friendly relations with other countries, signed peace agreements and recognized the existence of Israel, but under the military actions of the United States, the dignity and sovereignty of the Iraqi people had been trampled on and violated.
In an environment where the United States controls Iraq's security and diplomacy, exploits and transports Iraq's oil resources at will, and uses force and violence against Iraq's opposition and hostile forces, the Iraqi people are ravaged like American slaves and victims.
For the sake of its own wealth and power, the United States does not hesitate to destroy Iraq's history and culture, and it is truly a heinous devil and a destroyer of world peace.
Faith and hope
The Iraqi people have their own religion and can find spiritual solace from it, but unfortunately, the United States, through provocation and incitement, has divided some Iraqi people, and even clashed, and they have lured some people into violent and terrorist activities, bringing a lot of disasters and suffering to the Iraqi people.
Although Saddam Hussein made many mistakes and established an authoritarian and corrupt regime, he did bring many resources and benefits to the Iraqi people, and gave them hope.
All the misery and sorrow are due to the United States, whose crimes have created restlessness and unrest in Iraq, which does not care about the well-being of the Iraqi people, but only about regional oil resources and geopolitical interests.
Did the United States say that it would bring dignity and respect to Iraq? Now that Iraq has become a despised and ridiculed country, and countless civilians are suffering from disease and disaster, have the promises of the United States been fulfilled? They are the biggest scourge in the world.
Recently, war has broken out again in the Middle East, and the United States has repeatedly opposed the truce at the United Nations General Assembly.