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Do you dare to imagine? In the 90s of the last century, the per capita annual income of Iraqis during the period when Saddam Hussein was in power reached more than $5,500, equivalent to 40,000 yuan per capita.
However, after the United States started the Iraq War, all this scene became the yearning of Iraqis forever.
Saddam's political history
First of all, let's talk about the former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
Saddam Hussein joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party in his early years and was forced to flee to Syria for his involvement in the assassination of Iraqi Republican Prime Minister Qassem. Later, his Ba'ath Party failed, and Saddam Hussein was imprisoned.
However, this did not end Saddam's political career, Saddam Hussein later escaped from prison, his Baath Party came to power, and he became the president and leader of Iraq.
As soon as he came to power, he began to purge dissidents.
In less than a week, 68 people were tried for treason, 22 of whom were sentenced to death.
Among them, 500 military dignitaries were sent to prison by him. This is also the criticism left by Saddam Hussein who was later called a tyrant by later generations.
For those loyal officials and the military, he raised their salaries and salaries as a way to consolidate his dominance in Iraq.
Saddam's policy of benefiting the people
Saddam Hussein's performance in power has been very good, and during his tenure in office, the quality of life of the people in Iraq's economic level has been improved.
Iraq is rich in oil resources, and Saddam Hussein's nationalization of oil and its exploitation and sale by the state have greatly increased its finances. Saddam Hussein increased investment in social security and benefits for the people.
During the period when Saddam Hussein was in power, all national education was free of charge, and tuition fees from primary school to university were all waived, so as to further improve the quality of the people. The government bears all medical costs, and the people can see a doctor for free, as long as the people are poor or rich, regardless of social status, they can enjoy equal and free medical resources.
The second is that the government provides housing security, and each community will recommend a quota to live in the government's guaranteed housing.
The cost of pension here is also borne by the government, and when you reach the legal retirement age here, you can apply to live in a nursing home for free.
Saddam Hussein was very opposed to other countries' interference in sovereign states, and advocated that Arab countries stand together and form a whole. This makes the United States feel the challenge.
The United States invaded Iraq
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the happy and stable life in Iraq was soon shattered with the invasion of Iraq by the US military. The US military launched a war against Iraq in 2003, and the US military invaded Iraq under the slogan of opposing terrorism and eliminating the weapons of mass destruction that Iraq possesses.
In fact, everyone who understands it knows that this is a pretext concocted by the United States to provoke a war, and that the United States invaded Iraq in order to control Iraq's rich oil resources.
Saddam Hussein was forced to fight, and in the end, in the large-scale operation of the US-British coalition led by the United States and participated in the United Kingdom, the Iraq War ended in Iraq's defeat.
The current situation in Iraq
The United States captured Saddam Hussein and sentenced him to death.
After the fall of Saddam's regime, the United States announced the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and post-war Iraq was devastated, people were displaced, and the economy regressed. Let the United States stir up, the situation in Iraq has become even more prevalent, and terrorism is rife.
Soon, the populace began to ponder, and their lives were far worse than they used to be.
Although the new government has been rebuilt for several years, the economy and the standard of living of the people are still not comparable to that of Saddam Hussein.