These three wars have plunged the once rich Iraqis into dire straits, but was Iraq really that rich before the war?
As early as 2003, the United States launched the Iraq war. With the help of some Iraqis who don't know what to think, American tanks, warplanes and armored vehicles openly appeared on the streets of Baghdad.
Some people even cheer just to knock them down? The dictator in Saddam's regime, someone directly smashed Saddam's sculpture, but did not know that a worse life was waiting for them.
The United States has not been established as they expected? Independent? 、? Democracy? 、? Freedom? In our country, Iraq is plunged into endless infighting, the whole city is in ruins, and people's lives are more difficult.
Prices have risen rapidly. Without the free welfare policies such as education and medical care when Saddam was in power, some people could not eat enough and put on clothes, or even lose their lives.
Prior to this, Iraq and Saudi Arabia were both famous oil producers in the world, and Iraq gained wealth through oil. In the 1970s, when the international oil price rose, Iraqis made a lot of money.
According to relevant data, the per capita GDP of Iraq at that time was as high as 5,000 US dollars, much higher than that of Saudi Arabia, another oil-producing country.
More importantly, at that time, Iraqis spent little money, and medical education and other aspects were free. Every household has a BMW Mercedes-Benz.
As a big oil-producing country, Iraqis fuel their cars at will and go out without spending money.
At that time, the whole city was very prosperous, and the streets were full of happy Iraqis.
However, after the Iran-Iraq war broke out, it was obvious that Iraq could not stand this eight-year war. A large number of oil fields were destroyed in this war, the people had no fixed place to live, and the economic level declined seriously, directly returning to the economic level of the previous 20 years.
But after all, it is a big oil producer. Iraq quickly recovered from this war, and people's living standards have improved, but it is still much worse than before the war.
In order to pay off foreign debts in dollars, Iraq invaded Kuwait. However, due to the intervention of the United States and others, Iraq suffered a fiasco, losing100000 people, adding to the foreign debt burden again, and severe international sanctions, although Iraqis had a peaceful development period of ten years, their development was slow.
The oil on which we lived was destroyed in wars after wars, and then the United States launched a war against it in 2003. I don't know why Iraqis thought the savior had come, but they ushered in a more difficult life.
It can be seen that since the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, the economic level of Iraq has started to decline, and the previous happy life is gone forever. After that, it seemed impossible to go to war, but it encountered a war launched by the United States.
This war directly led to a serious civil war in Iraq. The war continues and people are displaced. Few people care about economic development when their lives are insecure, so Iraq, once rich, has gradually become a poor country in the Middle East.