I believe the United States is trying (unsuccessfully) to convince the
people who live in Iraq that the US is their savior. But Iraqis know
better.
Before the UN economic sanctions against Iraq that were imposed by
the UN Security Council on August 6, 1990, and pushed through almost solely by
the US and one of its two remaining allies of consequence (Great Britain and
Israel), life for the average Iraqi was far better than it is now. Prior to the
sanctions, there was abundant cheap gasoline in the country. There was free
health care for all citizens, and there was a modern educational system.
Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself ... please convince me that
I'm wrong.
And you may actually be able to do so; I'd love to be wrong about
this, but I don't think you will ever convince the Iraqi
populace. Who
is responsible for the miserable state of affairs in their country? The
US government blamed it almost solely on Saddam Hussein, the Iraqis only
know that the economic
sanctions of the last decade brought them hunger, disease, ignorance
and,
eventually ... another war.
Just keep in mind that it doesn't matter if you believe
that the Hussein regime is directly responsible for the UN economic sanctions
... it only matters what the Iraqi people believe at this point
... and after the poverty, bloodshed and homelessness left behind by US
armed forces, they still haven't been
convinced that they're better off for having lost their strongman
leader.
Has "democracy" ever been brought to a nation at the
point of a gun? Does it ever work that way?
...
UNICEF and other International relief and human rights agencies
blame the sanctions (not the Hussein regime) for the decline of education in
Iraq:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
BAGHDAD - Ten years ago, Iraq had one of the best health care
systems in the Middle East. Now, that system is in ruin because of UN
sanctions:
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