Saddam Hussein A Brutal Dictator

Imagine, a young boy with many siblings, innocent and naive, a seemingly normal child; grow up to be a serial killer, wanted for the deaths of 40 million innocents, wanted for starting a worldwide war; imagine a boy turning into a murderer. Adolf Hitler, an Austrian citizen, was just that. He managed to go from an innocent child, to a Chancellor/President, to a wanted man.

Hitler is one of the most recognizable, and despised people to ever live. He is known world round for his oratory skills, and all the horrendous deaths that he was responsible for. He is one of the worst tyrants in history.

Over 100 years ago one of the most infamous genocide was born, his name was Adolf Hitler. He did a crime against humanity which forever change the course of history. Most did not see what he going to become, “When I saw Hitler, none of his remark during my treatment suggested madness, there was nothing extraordinary about his behavior” Dr. Richard weber, Hitler’s doctor (The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler). However, there are environmental trauma, personality, and diagnosis that resemblance serial killer.

He left his people in poverty and didn’t help his people do anything. Since Saddam has terrorist group, programs, he could’ve supplied them with dangerous weapons, he posed a threat to the rest of the Middle East and its stability, and this is another good thing that he had been taken out of power. The U.S had thought that they were sending a message to other dictators around the world, meaning that the U.S was trying to imitate anybody sponsors terrorist groups. Oil prices would drop dramatically, because the oil company’s weren’t being ran but Saddam anymore, making it easier for Iraq to trade with other countries; therefore bringing in more money for the Iraq government. Another pro being that since our troops occupied Iraq is that we would have Iran and Syria which is believed to be one of the biggest terrorist sponsors surround by U.S Allies. During the gulf War Suddam had stolen money from Kuwait and refused to return it, if he had stayed in regime that could possibly start another war. If Saddam would not have had his power taken from him the cost of lives and money is higher than the

In 2013, the GDP was at an all-time high, even compared to prior the invasion of 2003. Showing that despite several years of stifled growth the long-term effect of the reconstruction of Iraq is starting to look more positive. This contrasts with the previous view that the Iraqi economy has not been successfully reconstructed. This is because Iraq was not a failed state, therefore the Iraqi economy was not disastrous prior to the invasion. Meaning an improvement on GDP is a positive sign. The graph in figure 1 appears to show a similar reconstruction performed by the Hussein administration after the first Gulf War in the early 1990s. Suggesting that the US reconstruction effort has not been much better than an attempt by a corrupt regime which the US eliminated. However, the recent faltered of both the fortune of both the Iraqi economy and Iraqi people appears to correlate with the absent of the US in the country. Signifying that the heavy use of US money and corporations has led to a good short-term development but have led to a problem in long-term development. This is mainly due to a lack of expertise and skills to be able to deal with problems as noted previously. Two main examples of this are the health industry and education, health which has some of the best equipment

One of the most known people not only in the 20th century but still now today is Adolf Hitler. Hitler was the fascist dictator of Germany who founded the group called the Nazis who were the most sadistic and horrifying group of people. He was able to convince the people of Germany to listen to him and his beliefs on world power. Hitler and his group of Nazis were responsible for the start of World War II and the horrific Holocaust. Adolf had a troubling life since he was a young boy which may have caused him to be what he shaped into when he grew older.

All over the world there are conflicts arising. America has had many conflicts over time some were devastating and others were successful. One conflict America had was Iraq, this stemmed from America having a problem with Saddam Hussein’s Regime. Overtime the civilizations clashed and in October of 2002 congress authorized Iraq war and President Bush announced joint resolution which authorized the use of force against Iraq. From here troops were sent over to Iraq and the war began. After Several battles and lost soldiers things started to look better for America. Hussein’s Regime toppled and even the people of his country felt free. Even though the worst part was over it took a while before all of American troops left Iraq.

This would set the stage for Saddam Hussein’s full takeover of Iraq, making way for further deterioration of Iraq-Iran relations. Iraq would arrest several Iranian representatives and place Ayatollah Mohammed Bakr al-Sadr on trial for treason as a response to Ayatollah Khomeini and Prime Minister Barzagan’s continued support of the Shi’a opposition to Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime. Furthered broadcasting of rebellion to the Shi’a Muslims in Iraq and the assignation of the Iraqi Prime Minister led to Iraq’s execution of Ayatollah Bakr as-Sadr. This would lead to the first official military action, Iran’s attacks within the Kermanshah province in September 1980. With this attack Iraq’s response once again circles back to the Shatt al-Arab waterway, as they order Iran to respect the pre-1975 treaty, withdraw from the province, end all support for all opposition to the Ba’athist regime and ender violence at the border.

government officials that were identified as conspirators against the Ba’ath party. (5) His ruthless and brutal dictatorship would bring his country to war with neighboring Iran from 1980 to 1988. Initially a territorial dispute, Hussein would cite Iran’s Islamic fundamentalism as his motives for continued combat and Iraq’s use of chemical weapons. (6) The war resulted in more than 100,000 combat deaths and drove Iraq deep into debt. The military annex of Kuwait in 1991 was intended to absolve Iraq of this financial responsibility to it’s neighbor. (7) The United Nations Security Council, in particular the United States, responded with force to drive Saddam Hussein’s army

Saddam Hussein had a major influence on the effectiveness of the Oil for Food Program. He was responsible for all of the contracts given. He decides who gets what contract, how much and when. These contracts state who will receives the oil. Hussein, because he is a business man goes for the highest bidder or the bidder that will profit him in the long run. Those who bid, simply, want the business.

The Ba’ath party, a political party that combines Arab nationalism with socialism, strived to increase middle class’ wealth, as well as create a country of prosperity and innovation. Saddam Hussein had great economic intentions for the country, but is nonetheless responsible for the deaths of

The last source gathered was a short documentary titled, One of the Most Evil Men in History: Idi Amin. The documentary was produced by Uden Associates in 2001, the documentary comes from a series of documentaries about the most evil men in history, which gives the documentary more credibility as they have published multiple historical accounts. Similarly, to the previous clip, but to a greater extent the documentary uses confronting pictures (Appendix 5), menacing music and a number of negative adjectives to describe the brutality. Throughout the documentary, there are clips from a variety of people who had their own personal experiences with Amin, such as one of Amin’s British commanders at the time and four journalists who lived in Uganda

Saddam was born in April 28, 1937 in Tikrit, Iraq. He was born into a poor family. His father disappeared before he was born and his older brother died of cancer shortly after. His mother was so depressed because of his older brother’s death and his father leaving that she was unable to take care of him. He moved to live with his uncle in Baghdad when he was three. He later moved in with a devout Sunni Muslim named Talfah. Talfah’s politics had a huge influence on Saddam growing up. Saddam later joined the Ba’ath Party. The Ba’ath Party’s main ideology was to unite Arab states in the Middle East. Members of the Ba’ath party, including Saddam, attempted to assassinate Iraq’s then-president, Abd al-Karim Qasim on October 7, 1959 because he didn’t want to Unite all Arab states. The assassination was a failure, and several of the members were caught, tried, and executed. All the other members, including Saddam, fled to Syria. Saddam later then went to Egypt, where he attended law school.

His craftsmanship of being a leader was ultimately flawed, as he was to the status of a dictator, making nearly all the decisions and controls necessary for the country (this would go against the notion of a “free” and civilized country). From this, we would see that the West whom had a good relationship with Saddam Hussein, relied on him to restore ties with Iran. Then came the Iraq-Iran war(1980–1988), in which predominately the West supported Iraq commenced a network on Iran.

Although the era of Saddam was stained with corruption and ethnic cleansing, the stable period proved to be the height of modern Iraq’s existence.