When people think of Iraq, they immediately think of a war in the Persian Gulf that the United States launched in recent history. At first, Iraq borrowed the Iran-Iraq War from Kuwait, but after the end of World War II, due to Kuwait's actions, Iraq launched a major war against Kuwait and completely occupied Kuwait for a period of time, at this time, the United States intervened through the United Nations to restore Kuwait's territory.
In addition to this, the United States launched a "battle for the Persian Gulf" against Iraq, known to the whole world. But the strangest thing about this war is not the defeat of Iraq, but the relationship between Russia and Iraq, which did not come to the aid until the defeat of Iraq.
In fact, Russia is not unwilling, before Iraq asked Russia for help, Russia agreed as soon as it heard it, but Russia's approach was very direct, there was a United Nations at that time, if you want to start a war, you must get Russia's consent, and it is also a permanent member of the Security Council. However, in the name of counter-terrorism, the United States bypassed the United Nations and launched a large-scale military operation against Iraq. Therefore, if the United States does not bypass the United Nations and go to Iraq, Russia can immediately veto the US proposal and thus not fight a war, but the United States has long expected this and has gone so far as to go to war in disregard of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations, so Russia has no way to stop the US offensive.
However, that is only one aspect, and on the other hand, Russia does not yet have the ability to compete with the United States. Although Russia has inherited a lot of technology from the Soviet Union, but those technologies, that is, the best and the most advanced technology, their own strength is not good, even if it is the Soviet Union, it has been slumped by the United States, what does Russia use to fight the United States? In Iraq, Russia simply cannot intervene.
At this time, Russia had not yet come out of the shadow of the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union had completely collapsed in 1991, which made many people feel that this war was of great significance to them. Therefore, Russia itself is so busy with the war in Iraq that it has no time to take care of Iraq. Moreover, their country is still in a mess, and it is absolutely impossible for Russia to confront the United States, not to mention, it will make them unable to eat and walk around. In addition, Russia is the successor of the Soviet Union, and the United States has always looked at Iraq unpleasantly, and will definitely not engage in a full-scale war with the United States in front of the United States, which is why Russia has not helped Iraq at all.
However, this also illustrates a problem from the side, that is, you have a backer behind you, and you have to be able to hold up a piece of the sky. There is an old Chinese proverb called "Feed on the mountains and feed on the water". The events in Iraq have taught us a profound lesson.