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This is an excellent article that clearly presents how the citizens see the system in Iraq - it's a very worthwhile read. Be blessed and have a great weekend - RON Iraq is now, and this system is not a system 20th October, 2019 - by Dr. Emad Abdul Latif Salem - Annabaa.org Latif Salem No one in Iraq today, especially the younger generation, who did not know the details of the previous tyranny, wants to overthrow the current "regime". These oppressed youth (poor, deprived, obstructed horizons) want a "system" that serves their interests (the legitimate "interests" of ordinary "citizens"). The extravagant homeland cake, strangled by knives from all over the world, has nothing in their stomachs and those of their hungry families. They only discovered (in a moment of noble anger) the meaning (and magnitude) of the lies that had been inflicted on them for nearly two decades of lost age and lost time. This "system" that exists now is simply not a system and the reasons are as follows: • The current political “regime” in Iraq, now in power and wealth, is unable to offer anything positive to its citizens, except for the few “lucky” ones. This ruling system cannot create jobs, because it is a system based entirely on oil revenues and neglects other "core" productive sectors, which are the main creators of income and jobs. This "system" cannot promote the basic productive sectors, because it depends on the financing of the reasons for its survival on the "arms" import everything, and therefore does not allow, and will not allow, to produce anything. The sources of power and wealth here come mainly from the revenue from imports. A foreign "importer" kills the national "product", especially if the importation is unstable, and is not subject to sound economic account logic. • This "system" finances its imports through the receipt of oil revenues, and then distributed a significant part of them to the "commercial arms" associated with it. These robust economic "arms" break all foreign trade "joints" and controls through their (direct and indirect) control of all of Iraq's "trade" outlets with the world. The most that this regime can do for its citizens is an unfair and inefficient distribution of more than half of the oil revenues as "privileges" for a few "beneficiaries", as well as "disguised" unemployment benefits for a vast army of employees and retirees, and a distribution of Remains of the "crumbs" on those covered by the social "maintenance" system. • This political "system" becomes (when threatened by its very existence) a "patriarchal" system, which relies on containing its opponents on the notorious method of gifts, gifts and "honors" and tries to circumvent its "complex" structural crises and escape From its current crisis (the biggest and most serious of its crises against its poor citizens), by adopting short-term "arrangements" based on more "distribution" of rent (by "distributing" the remaining state land in the margins of "forgotten cities for decades, and distributing" Subsidies "to the unemployed," "distribution" of job grades, and "distribution" of houses that have not yet been built ..), not through "Astra" Ejiat "and" plans "and policies, working to build a productive economy, and the creation of income-generating activities" permanent, "sustainable. It declares its “intention” to implement these “arrangements”, without referring to the determinants and complexities of the “environment” in which it operates, how it funds all these proposed “solutions”, without verifying the timeframe to accomplish this, and without paying attention to The disastrous consequences of such "long-term" arrangements. • This “political” system is not based on a “economic” system with a specific purpose, nor is it based on clearly defined policies and strategies that work to achieve higher “sovereign” objectives, agreed upon by key elements of the political system, all of which should have been It takes place within the framework of the "systems" of the modern state and its effective institutions, not through the "systems" and "values" of the pre-state, which have been overtaken by other countries for centuries. • The existing “economic system” is a system of “deals”, which are carried out in the manner of pre-modern bazaars, shorjas and shops. What creates jobs, and sustains income, is the modern economic system, not the notorious "entrepreneurs", multilateral "servant" deals and "notorious" auctions. • This political system cannot build and manage this modern “economic system”, and it is not in its interest in the end to do so. • Corruption is the main driver of the mechanisms of the current political system and is an essential part of its general structure. If corruption is eliminated by breaking up its infrastructure, the entire system will collapse. So, obviously, this system doesn't allow it. • This political system does not believe in democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. He uses democratic "means" to seize power. When this "democracy" threatens the deep and deep foundations of this power, it will immediately become a bloody-authoritarian-theocratic regime. • This system is not "young". This system is aging every day by a thousand years. Therefore, this “regime” does not trust young people, is afraid of them, doubts their motives, challenges the sincerity of their search for better opportunities to live in dignity in their homeland, and “kills them” through the syndrome of frustration, despair, ignorance, ignorance and lack of horizon. He cuts off the means of creativity, leadership and leadership. • This “system” will not allow “young experts” (and we have dozens of different disciplines, some of whom have received the highest academic degrees, and received the highest academic titles) to play their part in the policy-making process in this country .. and therefore will not be allowed to work effectively In the process of its construction, development and revival. • This “system” is based on “quotas” and allows the creation and reproduction of “ministers” who came from nowhere and turned the ministries (which need the best scientific and professional expertise and skills) into sectarian, ethnic, family and regional “feudalities” controlled by “office managers”. ", So that the government shifted from the government of" ministers", to the government of" office managers." This "system" expels the "good currency" from the market .. And gives "bad currency" all the reasons for the power to go to the market, and cramming all the beautiful minds in a narrow corner, from the corners of this great "cave" of Iraq. The “protesters” demands for the disastrous performance of this system for sixteen years are not “demands” of a “one dimension” for a “one spectrum” population. They are “multidimensional” rights that shape the future destiny of the entire people. The existing political system is able to contain it easily, and use it to reproduce the "faces", "arrangements" and "systems" themselves and to "recycle" them again. • This “system” cannot provide a solution to any problem, however minor. This is a crisis system. Its crisis lies in its severe imbalance and its structural social stress, due to the very conditions of its formation. • This “system” is a big and serious “problem”. Can this “problem” itself be the source of the solution? This is what you will answer for the coming days. Link: https://annabaa.org/arabic/authorsarticles/20913 ChrisC's opinion of the article: This is WHY the protests were initiated. I am paraphrasing, but it is like in our Declaration of Independence where it says people are willing to take a certain level of abuse just to stay with something that they know, " But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security". The people had to be shown they aren't sheep because Iran says they are. If they had been given wealth without realizing this then Iran would have kept stealing from them and bullying them. They aren't going to bully them anymore and we can withdraw with a greater degree of safety now. IMO.