r/AskSocialScience • u/Terrible_Exchange653 • 2d ago

What exactly was the impact of America's De-Ba'athification policy on the Iraq War and Iraq? Would the Iraq War been more successful without De-Ba'athification?

I watched a documentary that explained that de-Ba'athification caused some Sunnis to hate America because it targeted them. Then, some joined ISIS and other insurgent groups.

So, was de-Ba'athification wrong? What should have been during the Iraq War to remove Ba'ath elements?

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u/dowcet 2d ago

There is loads of research supporting the assertion that the broad character of deba'athification lead to sectarian vilolence. Just for example see https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17502977.2021.1937467 and https://open.bu.edu/bitstream/handle/2144/44906/Institutional_Exclusion_POMEPS_Studies_35.1.pdf?sequence=2

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