The United States has great influence in today's world status, but it has only been a few hundred years since its founding.
The United States was originally the homeland of Indians , but after Columbus discovered the New World , everything changed.
The United States was first used as a place of exile for prisoners by other European countries . Slowly, the rich natural resources of this continent also attracted many other people. So more and more adventurers began to travel thousands of miles to the American continent, looking for opportunities to make a fortune .
It is also the increase in the foreign population that has gradually formed a federal system country in the Americas, which is today the United States of America.
The United States has developed from a penal colony to a colony, and now it has developed into a country that cannot be underestimated. The most inseparable things are population and arms trade.
America's beginnings are not glorious, as evidenced by the fact that black people have been discriminated against to this day.
After the 18th century, countless black slaves were plundered from their African hometowns and then sold to work on plantations in the United States, which undoubtedly provided a large amount of labor force for the United States.
and During World War II, it made a huge fortune to Europe by selling arms.
Therefore, although the development process of the United States is shameful, it is very effective. In just a few decades, has surpassed other countries in the world. , has also given them the basis for doing evil around the world.
In order to ensure its dominance, the United States began to interfere in the internal affairs of the Middle East. The most famous one is the Iraq War.
The Iraq War is essentially similar to the continuation of Gulf War .
As for why the United States launched a war, the main reason is one person- Saddam Hussein.
Saddam was eventually sentenced to death by the United States. Perhaps Saddam knew that he would one day die in the hands of the other party, so he made some special moves during his lifetime to ensure that his property would not be confiscated by the United States and become military expenses for the US military.
So what did he do?
The Causes of the Iraq War
Even people who don't know much about history and politics must have heard of Saddam's name. Saddam was once defined as a "terrorist" by the United States during his lifetime, but his true identity is actually the president of Iraq .
His political skills are ruthless, so there have been constant controversies about him. Some people think that he is a "dictator", but it is undeniable that he is relatively qualified in governing the people.
As soon as Saddam came to power, he carried out many reforms in Iraq. He himself attached great importance to the education of the people and knew that in an industrialized society, what was needed was not cheap labor, but well-educated and highly knowledgeable talents.
Therefore, the education system has become Saddam's main reform target . First of all, education in Iraq has been fully implemented free of charge, so that many poor families can also go to school.
In addition, the country has also popularized primary education and technical secondary education in large numbers, which has rapidly improved the literacy rate of the Iraqi people.
In just a few years, the number of high school graduates in China has doubled.
For those lonely elderly people who have no family members, the state will also provide them with subsidies and provide free nursing homes for them to live in.
At the same time, housing prices in Iraqi cities have also dropped again and again. If young people want to come to the city, they basically only need to spend a small amount of money. This is also a move taken to accelerate the urbanization of Iraq.
As for medical care, under Saddam's intervention, the number of medical students in Iraq has continued to increase, and all funds spent on medical treatment have been reimbursed by the state.
Generally speaking, these measures taken by Saddam are very wise, and Iraq has also begun to change for the better from its original poverty and backwardness.
So why is Iraq suddenly targeted by the United States? In fact, this is because Saddam made a big taboo - oil .
In order to maintain its hegemony, the United States uses oil as a control to gain a large amount of benefits for itself. The interests of petrodollar hegemony are also the core interests of the United States Middle East hegemony. . For many years, oil in the Middle East has been monopolized by the U.S. dollar.
And Saddam also realized that if he could not get rid of the shackles of the United States, the Middle East would always be just a puppet of others, and there would be no real development at all.
So Saddam proposed the policy of removing the hegemony of the US dollar. However, this move was beneficial to the country, but it also brought disaster to himself.
And we all know what happened next. The United States began to launch a war against Iraq, causing such a huge country to fall into the current devastated situation.
In the end, Saddam himself was strangled by the United States, and Saddam's death was also a way for the United States to "kill the chicken to scare the monkeys." Since then, no Middle Eastern country has dared to touch the interests of the United States.
Saddam's legacy
Saddam himself was not an "upright official". During his tenure, he allowed a large amount of profits from oil trade to flow into the Iraqi treasury, while also enriching his own pockets.
According to subsequent US speculation, Saddam himself left approximately 40 billion in assets , and the next thing the US has to do is to find a way to pocket them.
However, as a politician with iron-blooded skills, Saddam would naturally expect his own fate, and he himself would not be willing to let his property fall into the hands of his opponents.
Ever since, Swiss Bank has become an important place for Saddam to preserve his assets.
Before Saddam was captured by the US military, he had transferred all his assets to Swiss banks, leaving only a small amount of gold for daily use.
As for why Switzerland was chosen, this is because Switzerland is a permanently neutral country. According to international rules, the United States cannot force the use of funds in Swiss banks.
And Saddam’s descendants are still living around the world. As long as they want, they can use this inheritance in Saddam’s name to make themselves comfortable with food and clothing.
This may be the last guarantee a father can make for his children, and Saddam himself was eventually hanged after being tortured in a U.S. prison for two years.
Saddam's life has some criticisms, but it is also beneficial to the country and the people. It can be said that Saddam himself is a very capable politician. His actions can also be regarded as a "hero" in Chinese terms.
Conclusion
Although Saddam is dead, the pain left by the United States to the Iraqi people has not dissipated to this day.
This kind of desperate measures to curb the development of other countries in order to protect their own interests are absolutely disgusting. It is really unimaginable that it was done by a big country.
The earth is our home, and the humans living together on the earth are also family members who should unite with each other and work side by side.
The destiny of mankind is always a community . If you hurt others just for your own selfish desires, you will only end up with a broken heart in the end.
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