Uday is the eldest son of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the only heir to Iraq's future president, and when it comes to his life, he can't avoid his father no matter what. Not to mention how prominent Saddam's reputation is, in terms of the influence of the original family on a person, Saddam's influence on Udai is quite huge. Uday's life was highly controversial, he was cruel, cold, bloodthirsty, and absurd, but Saddam Hussein was full of expectations for this precious son, hoping that he would inherit his career and become a good president who would help Iraq develop. However, Udai not only did not do as his father wished, but also ran all the way on the road to death, and even because he made too many enemies and was assassinated, he eventually fell disabled for life. So what kind of growth experience did Uday have? What was his relationship with Saddam Hussein? What was his life like after the outbreak of the Iraq War? Let's walk into today's article with these questions.
Around the time of Uday's birth was a very turbulent period in Saddam's life, repeatedly experiencing coups and prison disasters. Saddam Hussein, born in 1937, comes from a peasant family, which can be said to be a rural baby with no background, and he has similarities with Chiang Kai-shek's early experience, all of which are the early death of his father, and he lacks his father's love and upbringing since he was a child, so there are very stubborn and extreme parts of his personality. Experiences in early childhood also have an important impact on the shaping of their personality, as well as how they deal with family relationships and how they treat their children later on.
Saddam Hussein served as a member of the governing body during the 1963 Baath Party coup d'état, but he offended the baath party's upper echelons and began his escape, and was imprisoned the following year after being caught. Interestingly, about three months before he went to prison, his first son, Uday, was born, and the newborn son was often carried by his mother to visit his father in prison, an experience that did not end until Saddam Hussein was released from prison two or three years later. Saddam Himself was only 27 years old at this time, and the scene of meeting his wife and children in prison may have left a deep memory for him, and it is a bold guess that perhaps his future coddling of the eldest son is closely related to this experience.
There has always been a saying that Saddam's attitude towards his daughter and son is very different, Saddam Hussein hopes that his daughter will become an ordinary person who enjoys an ordinary and happy life, never has any requirements for his daughter, but has high requirements for his son, especially for this eldest son who has been in and out of prison since birth, he is full of expectations and especially loves.
Saddam Haddam had two sons, the lives of the two sons were completely opposite, his eldest son Uday, who had high hopes, had always been evaluated by the people as a representative of cruelty and extravagance, and it can be said that he did countless absurd things; but the second son was a representative of the school bully, graduated from the Baghdad School of Political Science and Law, obtained a bachelor's degree in law, he helped his father plan the work against political opponents, in order to ensure his father's safety, he was personally responsible for Saddam's security guard, and even directly in charge of Iraq's most elite Republican Guard in the later period. HelpEd Saddam Hussein suppress ren rebels.
With such a contrast, it seems that Udai is useless, as if he is the Iraqi Ah Dou who can't support the wall, except to enjoy the life of the wine pond meat forest, and he can't find any meaning of life by squandering his wealth. How did Udai grow up step by step into such an unsightly rich second generation and second generation official? What role did his father Saddam Hussein play in it?
In the evaluation of Saddam Hussein's regime, there are many voices saying that he is extremely authoritarian, but in fact, this is related to his advocating the use of violence to solve problems. It was natural to gain power through violence in Saddam's consciousness and thus gain control. Therefore, he was also educated for his two sons. Among them, the eldest son is even more deeply rooted in its essence, but this essence is only used to bully the weak.
Just now we said that Saddam Hussein ushered in the birth of his eldest son Udai at the age of 27, and also ushered in his own prison career, and when Udai grew to almost 3 years old, he successfully escaped from prison, ended his life behind bars, and later became a power figure in the Ba'ath Party again through the revolution, and was the number two leading figure. His summed up life experience is that to survive, you must do whatever it takes, which is directly reflected in his educational philosophy of Udai, and Saddam Hussein can be said to have instilled his original "violent survival" into Udai. This not only makes the son realize the charm of violence, but also makes the son feel the pleasure of gaining power through violence.
From Uday's experience as a child alone, it can be found that he developed a very brutal personality under Saddam's education. Because from the time he was about three years old, his father Saddam Hussein became extremely powerful, and most of the time Uday could do whatever he wanted. He always has bodyguards around him, these bodyguards will not distinguish between right and wrong, their task is to protect Udai, therefore, the young Udai wants to bully which classmate will be bullied, not at all worried about any consequences, let alone have to worry about retaliation.
When Uday was 6 or 7 years old, Saddam would often take his son to learn to shoot, such a picture seems to be a little warm to think of, as a figure of Iraqi power, Saddam is willing to often take time and energy to accompany his son, if when Uday grows up and tells people that his use of guns was taught by his father when he was a child, it feels simply not too good. But the truth is not as beautiful as we think, because in addition to Teaching Uday to shoot, Saddam Hussein actually took him to visit the execution ground, so that the young Udai watched how he abused prisoners, which also laid the groundwork for Uday's brutal abuse of the people around him.
The most notorious of the brutal stories about Udai is the abuse and beating of Iraqi Olympic athletes. In 1984, only 20 years old Udai university graduated, Saddam Hussein had great expectations for him, hoping that his son could inherit his father's business, and even be blue, therefore, he did not care how many absurd things Udai did in college, when he just left the campus, he appointed him as the president of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, hoping that he would get experience, and also through such a platform that could follow the media, let more people become familiar with Udai, become a supporter of Udai, and pave the foundation for his future development, which can also be seen from here. Uday's place in Saddam's heart is important.
Moreover, Saddam Hussein happens to be a very traditional and conservative person, and from the countryside, he firmly believes that there is a trustworthy emotional basis between family blood relatives, and even he believes that marriage between close relatives is the best choice, after all, they are all his own family. Of course, the choice of Udai's mother as a wife actually has a very important practical consideration, that is, the strength of Udai's mother's family is quite strong and solid, with the support of his wife's mother's family, Saddam's development also has a very solid support.
When Saddam Hussein was in office, because Uday was his first son, he was bound to become the future president of Iraq and inherit his father's inheritance, so his arrogance of the proud son of heaven was difficult to hide from childhood, and when he graduated from college at the age of 20, his father personally paved the way for himself, and it can be said that his life was full of spring breeze. However, since childhood, he was accustomed to his father abusing prisoners, so Uday did not know how to manage and govern well, and after becoming the president of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, he actually treated the athletes of his own country in a very violent way. Before each competition, he would force athletes to sign, guaranteeing that he would get the first few, just imagine how athletes under such pressure could face competitive sports with a good attitude, and as long as they did not meet their expected goals, they would be sent to prison, beaten, abused, and even killed.
Uday's absurdity did not stop there, and when he grew up, Saddam Hussein gave him a very palatial residence: the Al-Cardassian Palace, and his extravagance and lavishness could be said to have grown in Saddam's connivance. How beautiful and splendid the Al-Cardassia Palace is, we will not dwell on it for a moment, but it is said that its walls are full of rare paintings. Whether Uday appreciates these works of art or not is not clear, but he loves this unique paradise, where he can indulge himself, in addition to attracting different dancers to party here, he even went to the streets to rob beautiful women to come back for his own indulgence.
Judging from his series of operations, everyone should have guessed that such a eldest son with the status of heir is certainly not mature, no matter how much Saddam Hussein likes him, there is no way to hand Iraq into his hands. What's more, what we're talking about here is only the tip of the iceberg in his life. There are many other incidents, such as killing dancers at parties because of his wanton revelry, injuring his uncle, accepting bribes at work, abusing lynching, torturing servants at home, and feeding his pets with living people.
Uday, who spent almost his life in a wayward wayward manner, was later attacked by his enemies on the way to a party, resulting in a lower body disability and limited mobility. Later, the Iraq War broke out, and Uday experienced the destruction of his family. As we mentioned earlier, Saddam's attitude towards his son and daughter has never been the same, he has no political expectations for his daughter, and his greatest wish is that his three daughters can live happily and happily, so as soon as the war broke out, he contacted the king of Jordan, hoping that he would be able to protect his daughter.
After arranging his daughter, Saddam Hussein came to arrange his son, for the eldest son Uday and the second son Kusai, Saddam's idea was to fight father and son soldiers, as long as the two sons were united and fought side by side, then his regime must have hope. But Saddam Hussein did not expect the American attack to be so fierce, and forced by the situation, he had to decide to let his two sons escape separately, at least some people may be given life.
But for Udai, it was very difficult to escape, his past arrogance set up many enemies for him, and because he was not very good to the people around him, so during this period he also experienced the betrayal of the bodyguards around him, once fell into a desperate situation, and finally added that he was already disabled and had mobility problems, he did not know how to escape. His younger brother Kusai, remembering his brotherhood, eventually disobeyed his father's instructions and decided to flee with his brother Udai, who had limited mobility. The last story we all know, the brothers died together under the guns of the American army. Many media reported that the Iraqi people clapped their hands after Uday's death, believing that he deserved it.