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Saddam vs. Ayatollah

2022/8/31
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Eamon: 本集主要讲述了两伊战争的起因、经过和影响，以及萨达姆和霍梅尼这两个关键人物的象征意义。两伊战争不仅是阿拉伯人和波斯人的冲突，也是逊尼派和什叶派的冲突，更深层次地反映了民族主义和宗教信仰的复杂交织。战争给国际组织带来了实际的难题，也给海湾地区的什叶派人口带来了政治动荡。战争的爆发与萨达姆的个人野心、对伊朗革命的恐惧以及地区地缘政治的复杂性密切相关。 Thomas: 本集还探讨了两伊战争的国际维度，特别是美国在其中扮演的复杂角色。美国一方面向萨达姆提供支持，另一方面又秘密向伊朗出售武器，这与伊朗门丑闻有关。这种做法反映了美国在冷战时期复杂的地缘政治战略，以及对伊朗革命和苏联影响的担忧。 Thomas: 两伊战争是20世纪最漫长、最血腥的常规战争之一，对中东地区和全球地缘政治格局产生了深远的影响。战争的结束并没有带来真正的和平，反而为后来的地区冲突埋下了伏笔。萨达姆的侵略行为以及霍梅尼的强硬立场都加剧了战争的持续时间和残酷程度。战争中化学武器的使用以及国际社会对战争的反应也值得关注。

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The episode discusses the background and causes of the Iran-Iraq War, including historical tensions, border disputes, and the political ambitions of Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini.

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In our previous episode on the Iranian revolution, we left the Ayatollah Khomeini sitting high and mighty in Tehran. Little did he know, next door in Baghdad, an Arab strongman nursed revolutionary, expansionary ambitions of his own: Saddam Hussein, the Lion of the Arabs and Defender of the Eastern Gate, the ultimate symbol of corrupt and tyrannical dictatorship. Taking up where we left off back in episode 9, with Iraq reeling from the bloody 1958 coup that replaced the Hashemite monarchy with a military dictatorship, this episode describes Saddam’s blood-soaked rise to power and his tragic and ultimately futile decision to invade Iran, thus inaugurating the 20th century’s bloodiest and costliest conventional war.

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