Saddam Hussein was a member of the Baathist Party so in order to remove his presents in the country’s infrastructure the United States removed all Baathist affiliates from their positions. While on the surface this seemed like a good idea, there were crucial details that were not taken into account. Details such as: the importance of the workers affiliated with the Baathists, and the reasons why workers associated themselves with the Baathist party. After the De-Baathification of Iraq many very important shoes were left unfilled, so the military replaced them with their own. “Now you have an American Soldier, who majored in Art History running the power grids, or someone else who is highly unqualified.” As these issues came to light the U.S. started letting these qualified Iraqi Citizens return to their jobs. New information exposed another oversight within this decision: The United States did not take into account that many Iraqi citizens joined the Baathist party out of necessity. Similar to Nazi Germany people affiliated with the Baathist party in order to get promoted and develop their career and not necessarily out of principal. While it was necessary to remove Saddam’s followers it should not have been at the cost of the country. In order to avoid this set back, the U.S. should have done more research on the party and the country’s infrastructure so that they could have made the transition smoother and prevented the removal of employees that were key components to the Iraqi
Saddam Hussein was a member of the Baathist Party so in order to remove his presents in the country’s infrastructure the United States removed all Baathist affiliates from their positions. While on the surface this seemed like a good idea, there were crucial details that were not taken into account. Details such as: the importance of the workers affiliated with the Baathists, and the reasons why workers associated themselves with the Baathist party. After the De-Baathification of Iraq many very important shoes were left unfilled, so the military replaced them with their own. “Now you have an American Soldier, who majored in Art History running the power grids, or someone else who is highly unqualified.” As these issues came to light the U.S. started letting these qualified Iraqi Citizens return to their jobs. New information exposed another oversight within this decision: The United States did not take into account that many Iraqi citizens joined the Baathist party out of necessity. Similar to Nazi Germany people affiliated with the Baathist party in order to get promoted and develop their career and not necessarily out of principal. While it was necessary to remove Saddam’s followers it should not have been at the cost of the country. In order to avoid this set back, the U.S. should have done more research on the party and the country’s infrastructure so that they could have made the transition smoother and prevented the removal of employees that were key components to the Iraqi