When Saddam Hussein is mentioned, some bad words may come to mind. Under the demonization of western media, the late president has been haunting us with the impression of the god of terror.
But at the same time, none of us can deny his achievements. During his administration, the per capita income was more than 100 times that of our country at that time. But even such a brilliant president will eventually be hanged by the people. So, what is the horror of this tyrant president? Why is it called God? How did his resolute action make the United States tremble again and again?
Next, please follow my footsteps and explore the legendary history together. Believe me, you will get unexpected results in the end.
In 2006, just two days before the start of the New Year, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanged on the gallows, accused of brutally killing civilians. At that time, Iraqi law stipulated that people over 70 years old could not be executed. At that time, Saddam Hussein was only two months away from his seventieth birthday.
If it continues until next year, the death penalty will be difficult to execute. So then US President George W Bush quickly called a meeting of senior leaders and decided to hang Saddam Hussein before the end of the year. The resolution was quickly recognized by the world, and in this way, with the attention of tens of thousands of people, the tyrant finally left this world.
With the death of Saddam Hussein, the suicide note he wrote to the people the day before his death has also entered the eyes of people all over the world. He wrote this in his letter, which means that he has devoted his life to his country and can sacrifice for it, so his soul can be placed. I hope that after he leaves this world, people will not live in hatred. I hope the people can unite and not let the schemes of some western countries succeed.
After writing these contents, at the end of the letter, the signature is as follows: Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq and Commander-in-Chief of Iraqi Jihad Armed Forces. It can be seen from this letter that Saddam positioned himself as a people's hero. On this point, the people have no choice to refute.
Because Saddam's life is indeed a coexistence of merits and demerits. After Saddam Hussein was recorded in a page of history, it brought a suspense. With Saddam gone, has the violence suffered by the Iraqi people disappeared? Will the life of the Iraqi people get better?
The answer is no, after Saddam's death, the Iraqi people did not have a good life. Later, it even became a paradise for criminals. Even later generations began to silently miss the once brilliant tyrant president. Of course, what I miss is not his violent power, nor his fierce war, but that he really let the people live a happy and beautiful life. Under Saddam's dictatorship, he let his wallet swell, but at the same time he didn't forget the people.
At the beginning of the founding of Iraq, oil reserves ranked third in Hans. However, Iraq's oil economy has not played a real interest value. On the contrary, the market is in chaos, like a mess.
From 65438 to 0979, after Saddam came to power, it seemed that a force suddenly broke out and immediately rectified the domestic oil market-all nationalized. With centralization, oil is completely in your palm. After solving the oil problem, the people's economy has been reformed. All the way down, it's like going through five customs and cutting six generals.
At that time, Iraq's overall GDP doubled again and again, and maintained steady growth instead of falling. At that time, Iraq was a paradise on earth, with smiles on the faces of ordinary people and cars in every family. Even the per capita income is as much as 100 times that of our country, which is conceivable.
So Saddam's achievements are undeniable, which of course comes from his ferocity, but this ferocity is more used in war. And to everyone's horror, holding his head in a coup, at the age of 20, he has already shown violence that a teenager should not have.
From 65438 to 0957, Saddam Hussein, who was only 20 years old, began to enter politics, which was the popular Social Baath Party at that time. In the second year after joining the team, Sada participated in an assassination of the Iraqi king. Saddam Hussein was shot and seriously injured in the assassination, but he escaped by his own courage.
1964, Saddam Hussein, a minor celebrity, was arrested and imprisoned. Instead of disappearing, his life has become richer.
In his first year in prison, Saddam Hussein successfully escaped from prison, and this wave of actions by Saddam Hussein was completely famous in the Baath Party. Became a great hero admired by everyone in the organization. On the other hand, when Saddam was young, every move was enough to make him move his head at any time, but he seemed to be blessed by the gods and went all the way to the top. What really changed Saddam's fate came from one of his distant uncles, Becker.
1963, Iraqi President Kassem stepped down, and Saddam's distant uncle Becker became Iraqi Prime Minister. Becker took a fancy to Saddam's ability and recruited him to follow him.
After several years of polishing, Becker mastered more power. Saddam Hussein also gained important experience in government agencies. Saddam Hussein, a citizen of Becker, served as Minister of Security and Minister of Propaganda Department. Since then, Saddam Hussein has officially infiltrated into the power center of Iraq. It is said that a normal person can be promoted from an ordinary person to the position of the central power of the country, and life is already open. But Saddam Hussein at that time was not satisfied with this, and a bigger shocking conspiracy was quietly staged.
Because of his uncle's promotion, everything was left to Saddam. It was during this period that Saddam did many great things without telling his uncle. First, he drove out western oil companies and nationalized oil. Not only that, Saddam also stepped onto the international horizon at this time.
At that time, I made friends with the Soviet Union and courted the Soviet Union crazily. Secret exchange visits with the Soviet Union at that time, all this was kept from his uncle Becker when he was still in the dark. Saddam began to slowly overhead his power, really breaking Becker's heart and realizing the seriousness of the matter, it was too late.
1976, Becker fell ill. During his sick leave, Becker handed over all affairs to Saddam. At this point, Saddam Hussein has quietly begun to brew his "number one" plan. Two years later, he launched a world-famous coup, forcing Becker to step down. At this time, Becker people were all stupid, but they didn't expect their nephew to have such cunning ambitions.
But when he wanted to stand up and resist, it was too late, because by this time, he had almost become a one-man army, and almost all the actual power was controlled by Saddam. Even if you want to resist, it's too much. In desperation, he had to give up the presidency to Saddam, and in this way, Saddam grabbed the presidency with justification. After taking office as president, Saddam understood that even if he had the title of president, not everyone would obey him.
So as soon as he came to power, he launched a terrorist cleansing operation that shocked the world. The target of cleaning is the high-level people in Becker's administration. 1979 On a hot summer day in July, Saddam called a meeting of all senior officials on the grounds of state affairs. At that time, everyone didn't notice the difference and thought it was a courtesy arrangement of a newly elected president. It was not until I entered the meeting that I was surprised to find cameras everywhere in the room.
After Saddam stepped onto the front desk, he solemnly announced that there were traitors under the stage. Before this sentence was finished, people were taken away one after another. Before long, Saddam took out a list directly, read a person's name and was taken away, so nearly 70 people were taken away.
These 70 people all have one thing in common, and they are not directly subordinate to Saddam and Becker. People who are taken away have only one fate-that is, being executed.
This meeting became the bloodiest terrorist meeting at that time, but at the same time, Saddam's move directly strengthened his presidency, and no one dared to put forward the meaning of resisting Saddam's administration. In this way, Saddam Hussein, a legend, will always be remembered by the world. Get rid of these non-lineages, Saddam's heart is still unstable. In other words, he is actually a very wise monarch.
Because the situation in Iraq was very fragile at that time, Saddam had long taken it to heart. Although the people live a relatively rich life, he knows that his foundation is not solid and may fall down at any time due to the influence of the external environment. And he doesn't want to be his uncle and finally be usurped by others.
So, he thought of a way, and that is to wage war. Take the war as an opportunity to consolidate your position. The advantage of this is not only to complete the reshuffle of the army, but also to see who is most loyal to you through mules or horses.
If the staff can win, then his position at home and abroad will be consolidated. Therefore, at this time, he urgently needs a war to prove himself. It can also be seen that Saddam's political thinking is very strange.
It can also be said that it is the rigidity of unscrupulous means. Just when he was at a loss for the war, Iran just created an opportunity for her. At that time, Iran was in power, and at the instigation of Khomeini, Iraq was confused through religion.
Fortunately, the Islamic government was established in Iraq, so a series of religious riots were staged in the streets of Iraq, which made the tyrant Saddam extremely angry, but at the same time he was extremely excited. In this case, Saddam launched a war against Iran flagrantly, which is the famous Iran-Iraq war in history. The war lasted for eight years, and two rivals with equal strength staged a war of attrition.
What did Saddam get through this war? Iran's deployment was disrupted, crushing the ambition of the other side to use religion to subvert the regime. From Saddam's point of view, the war was a unilateral victory to some extent. However, all wars have no absolute victory.
Because of the Iran-Iraq war, the two countries were reduced from rich countries to poor countries, especially Iraq, which owed nearly hundreds of billions of dollars in arms debts, hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed in the war, and the economy went backwards for at least 20 years.
At this time, the people who suffered greatly realized that their president was a belligerent president who ignored the people. Especially after the Iran-Iraq war, Saddam's genocide plan was even more inhuman and chilling.
Thousands of men, women and children died under the ruthless butcher knife. It is precisely because of this incident that the Iraqi people will never forget Saddam's heinous crimes, and Saddam was finally guillotined by the people. Of course, none of us can absolutely evaluate the quality of a historical figure.
There are even tens of thousands of Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people, but what is Hamlet in your heart? Welcome to comment on your views and opinions. Ok, that's all for today's sharing. See you next time.