I think he sucked probably (i’m not a saddam head i haven’t gone out of my way to educate but i haven’t heard things that have left an overall positive impression like with Gaddafi) but also i found it super interesting when I learned that Saddam’s Ba’ath Party was the ARAB SOCIALIST Ba’ath Party and iirc was actually the same organization as Assad’s Ba’ath Party. Since i can’t remember ever hearing “Arab socialist” in reference to that party ever during the 2000s
Iirc the party is just opposed to western capitalism and not capitalism in general but still its like OH THAT’S WHY THE U.S. INVADED
The Iraqi Ba’ath is not the same as the Syrian Ba’ath, they almost act like a left-right split. The Syrian Bathists were significantly more charitable to Communists, (though there’s definitely a rough history) even bringing them into coalition with Hafez Asaad’s “National Progressive Front” which was the ruling coalition until Bashar’s fall.
The Syrian government’s official name until Jolani was actually “The Syrian Arab Socialist Republic” as well. Many people conflate the two Bathist parties together, and it’s a useful comparison in a lot of ways, however I think it should be noted that Syrian and Iraqi Bathism both had various factions and tendencies. And, if one is to describe the manifestation of each Bathist party in either country, it’s important to recognize their expirements were extremely different.
I think he sucked probably (i’m not a saddam head i haven’t gone out of my way to educate but i haven’t heard things that have left an overall positive impression like with Gaddafi) but also i found it super interesting when I learned that Saddam’s Ba’ath Party was the ARAB SOCIALIST Ba’ath Party and iirc was actually the same organization as Assad’s Ba’ath Party. Since i can’t remember ever hearing “Arab socialist” in reference to that party ever during the 2000s
Iirc the party is just opposed to western capitalism and not capitalism in general but still its like OH THAT’S WHY THE U.S. INVADED
The Iraqi Ba’ath is not the same as the Syrian Ba’ath, they almost act like a left-right split. The Syrian Bathists were significantly more charitable to Communists, (though there’s definitely a rough history) even bringing them into coalition with Hafez Asaad’s “National Progressive Front” which was the ruling coalition until Bashar’s fall.
The Syrian government’s official name until Jolani was actually “The Syrian Arab Socialist Republic” as well. Many people conflate the two Bathist parties together, and it’s a useful comparison in a lot of ways, however I think it should be noted that Syrian and Iraqi Bathism both had various factions and tendencies. And, if one is to describe the manifestation of each Bathist party in either country, it’s important to recognize their expirements were extremely different.
Oh sorry i thought it was
I thought it was too until a month or so ago and asked, probably in this magazine.