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Over the years I have spoke with quite a few Iraqis here in the United States who lived in Iraq before 2003… they recall of a country that had honor and dignity. But one today that they refuse to go back and visit to because they say it is controlled by Iran and it would be dangerous for them to go there.
I had a very close friend a Iraqi refugee who I gave $500 to while I was in the hospital. This is a working class Man I gave him this money three years ago when the coronavirus government shut downs came out he was greatly affected so I felt for him. I worked with this man for about two years back in 2018 or so. He is A sunni Arab he said that all of his great friends in high school were Christians and from various backgrounds he also knew Jewish Iraqis very well.
Iraq was supplied lethal weapon by the United States , France and other countries during the 1980s to fight against Iran. There was also the Iran contra affair for which the United States was briefly for a few months secretly funding weapons to Iran for various purposes of which by the way Ronald Reagan apologize to Iraq for that.. not everyone knows that last part. It was Iraq’s decision to invade Kuwait in the early 1990s that broke apart the Iraq western relations.
But during the 1980s Iraq was home to one of the best economies in the Middle East. It was said that Iraqi healthcare was on par with European standards during this time. Women were involved in the Iraqi workforce. During this time Iraq won an award from the United Nations for contributing to education. In the 1980s Iraq was home to the Arab nation. Many proud Arab people who looked up to the likes of Gamel Nasser of Egypt…. The Iraqi Christians, Kurds and Muslims whether Sunni or Shia we’re all behind the Iraqi nation as one. The founder of the Ba’ath ideology which governed Iraq for decades was founded by a Christian his name was Michael Aflaq.
Among the Iraqis there was an appreciation for ancient Babylon. This is just another thing to admire.
The one thing that I really admire above everything else about Iraq before 2003 was that so much of the Iraqi population bought into the idea of the Arab nation and of the Iraqi identity…. of being proud to be Arab , being proud of Arab history of Arab Christians and Arab Muslims being together as one that is something that is so inspiring. And yes before 2003 the second in command of Iraq was a Christian it was Tariq Aziz .
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