U2Edge
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Can you explain how the US has helped the economies of Iraq and Syria today? Millions of civilians in those countries have been deprived of their jobs, property, and lives in order for US elites to maintain control of global oil spigots. How does that qualify as making the world a better place?The United States helps the rest of the world maintain their economies, improve their standard of living, while preventing Rogue nations from committing the same actions and crimes that the AXIS powers
Syria is a different conflict from Iraq and one that the United States has had very limited involvement in.
In Iraq, the United States has freed the country from Dictatorship of SADDAM who invaded and attacked four different countries while he was in power for 24 years from 1979 to 2003. SADDAM strangled Iraq's economy by committing it to several wars, developing weapons of Mass Destruction, and using all the countries funds for the military and to increase his own power and security. With Saddam gone, Iraq is free of mad dictator committing the country to fighting costly wars. Iraq is now at peace with its neighbors and does not harbor territorial designs or ideas about annexing or invading its neighbors. Oil wealth is now more evenly spread among the various groups that make up Iraqi society.
According to the UN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, the standard of living in Iraq in 2019 is better than Morocco and will soon be better than countries like Vietnam and India. The Human Development Index is based on a countries real GDP per capita, education levels, and life expectancy. Iraq currently ranks at #120 on the index and is improving every year. It will likely pass the Philippines and Jordan in on the annual rankings in the next 5 years if the current conditions continue.
As I said before, Syria's problems are do to the Assad Regime and their allies in Russia and Iran. None the less, the situation there is stable, although much of the country is in ruins do to 9 years of heavy fighting. Syria ranks at #154 on the Human Development Index and is declining every year.