Ba'athism

Ba'athism, also known as Saddamism or Assadism (depending if it's Iraq or Syria respectively), is an Authoritarian Left, Arab Nationalist, culturally variable, and Anti-Zionist Ideology. In the political compass he is close to Authoritarian center, towards the left. He believes in a unified Arab state led by a revolutionary government under a vanguard party. He is very anti-pornography, hates wahhabists and theocracies, and despises imperialism.

Creation
The origins of Ba'athism began with Zaki al-Arsuzi and Michel Aflaq. While Aflaq, Bitar and Arsuzi were never members of the same organization, they are considered the founders of Baathism. Arsuzi formed the Arab Baath Party in 1940 and his views influenced Aflaq, who alongside junior partner Salah al-Din al-Bitar founded the Arab Ihya Movement in 1940 that later renamed itself the Arab Baath Movement in 1943. Though Aflaq was influenced by him, Arsuzi did not cooperate with Aflaq's movement. Arsuzi suspected that the existence of the Arab Ihya Movement, which occasionally titled itself "Arab Baath", was part of an imperialist plot to prevent his influence over the Arabs by creating a movement of the same name. When Arsuzi left the League of Nationalist Action (LNA) party in 1939 after its leader died and the party had fallen into disarray, he founded the short-lived Arab National Party in 1939 and dissolved it later that year. On 29 November 1940, Arsuzi founded the Arab Baath.

1940s
A significant conflict and turning point in the development of Baathism occurred when Arsuzi's and Aflaq's movements sparred after the 1941 coup d'etat by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and the Anglo-Iraqi War. Aflaq's movement supported al-Gaylani's government and the Iraqi government's war against the British and organized volunteers to go to Iraq and fight for the Iraqi government. However, Arsuzi opposed al-Gaylani's government, considering the coup to be poorly-planned and a failure. At this point, Arsuzi's party lost members and support that transferred to Aflaq's movement. Subsequently, Arsuzi's direct influence in Arab politics collapsed after Vichy French authorities expelled him from Syria. The Arab Baath Movement's next major political action was its support of Lebanon's war of independence from France in 1943. The Arab Baath Movement did not solidify for years until it held its first party congress in 1947, when it merged with the Arab Socialist Party led by Akram al-Hawrani to establish the Arab Socialist Baath Party.

[[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Syria
Assadism, a Syrian form of Ba'athism, came to power in Syria in 1963 when the Ba'ath Party was established as the ruling party in Syria. The Ba'ath Party stayed a unified group in Syria and it's neighbors until 1966 when it splittered into the Syrian and Iraqi dominated factions. Syrian Ba'athist Party member Bashar Hafez al-Assad became the the 19th president of Syria in 2000 and had eventually led to him being discredited by many as being an authoritarian dictatorship. This led to major protests by Syrian civilains which eventually spiraled into a rebellion by 2011, largely coordinated by the self-acclaimed 'Syrian Opposition', leading into a full on civil war when the opposition splinttered along the lines of Islamic Democrats,  Sunni fundementalists, and sometimes, even  Jihadists. As time passed, within the northern region of the nation, many of the Kurdish minority, having felt neglected and ignored by the Syrian government, unified under the ideology and Democratic Confederalism and later also got involved in the war under the administration of the "autonomous region" of  Rojava. The Islamic State got involved in 2013 but lost most of it's territory by 2017. The Free Syrian Army also came into existense as a loose collection of militant factions within the  Islamic Democrats without any singular unifying ideology, however were all unified by the desire to overthrow the Syrian Ba'athists and Assad. Eventually, overtime, the large-support of the opposition eventually began to die out within the population, which has led to a large ammount of rebel-owned territory being lost, with many rebel factions that are currently still active in the civil-war either being allied or ideologically alligned with hard-core Islamist fundementalists,  Jihadists,  Pro-Turkish Insurgents, or having integrated themselves within the administration of  Rojava and the SDF, with those who did the ladder tended to follow more liberal-leaning ideologies, with many factions following ideologies such as moderate Syrian Patriotism, secularism,  Democracy, anti-racism, or even alligning with the ideology of  Democratic Confederalism.

[[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq [[File:Hussein.png]]
Saddamism, an Iraqi form of Ba'athism, came to power in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was established as a dictator in 1968 by the Iraqi-dominated faction of the Ba'athist party due to the 17 July Revolution. Saddam also entered a war against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, but almost lost until Saudi aid came. Saddam then made peace with Iran. In 1990, Saddamist Iraq invades and annexes Kuwait after a 2-day campaign. This is met with distaste from the international community which led to an invasion in 1991. Iraq eventually loses the war but Saddam Hussein retains power, but the country is stripped of a lot of its resources. Iraq was invaded by a US-led international coalition in 2003, who took down the Saddamist regime, disbanded the Iraqi Republican Guard, and attempted to establish a republic. This republic would fail and lead to years of violence all the way to 2017 in the Iraq War that including Khomeinists,  Democratic Confederalists,  Jihadists, and (after 2013) the  Islamic State. Several Saddamists and Ba'athists would attempt to regain power in Iraq during the Iraq War until 2006 when Saddam Hussein was executed by the US government, ending the Ba'athist age.

Beliefs
The Arab nation is a united Arab state that would would transform the Arab world politically, economically, intellectually and morally. Liberty is freedom and would be ensured by a Baath party which was not elected by the populace because the party had the common good at heart. Ba'athism likes socialism because they think it would be necessary for the Arabs to achieve an Arab state. Islam would be admired by all but not imposed onto the state and society.

Personality and Behavior
Ba'athism is very anti-pornography. Whenever someone goes to watch porn he pops out of nowhere and says stuff like "YOU HAVE BEEN ASSADED!!!". He hates wahhabists and theocracies. He sees them as a threat and often goes on rants on how they are "fake muslims". He despises imperialism and imperialists. He gets very violent whenever he sees one. He hates being called just another ideology based around Authoritarianism, "I AM NOT HIM! WE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE! ITS A LIE BY  Neoconservatism AGAIN!", he says in a very deep voice.

How to Draw
Ba'ath_flag.svg Ba'athism's design is based on the flag of the Arab Socialist Baʽath Party.
 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes and fill it white
 * 2) Draw a black stripe on top
 * 3) Draw a green stripe on the bottom
 * 4) Draw something like a Beret and add the Baathist Iraq Coat of Arms on it
 * 5) Draw a red triangle in the far left middle of the ball, and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File:Saadeh.png]] Saadehism - My Syrian brother! (Right...?)
 * [[File:Absoc.png]] Arab Socialism - My father. I have more radical and extreme views however he taught me a lot and we agree on many stuff.
 * [[File:Soc.png]] Socialism - Death to Capitalism!
 * Nazbol.png National Bolshevism- This is the way. Let's destroy capitalist pornographers and zionists together.
 * [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Democratic Socialism - Me! At least on paper, anyway...
 * [[File:Juche.png]] Juche - Juche gang!
 * [[File:Chavismo.png]] Chavismo - My best friend in the west!
 * [[File:Castro.png]] Castroism - My second best friend in the west!
 * [[File:Sec.png]] Authoritarianism - Wait... Why is this put in allies? No no no, we are TOTALLY DIFFERENT! That is just a lie spread by [[File:Necon.png]]! F*ck them either way.  Proceeds to bomb civilians. 

Frenemies

 * [[File:Antijap.png]] Anti-Japaneseism - Fellow Anti-Weeb, although I don't have anything wrong with Japanese people, but I do with your ideology.
 * [[File:Luxem.png]] Luxemburgism - A fellow socialist ideology! Why won't you accept me?
 * [[File:Bundis.png]] Bundism - Probably the only jewish political ideology that doesn't want me dead.
 * [[File:Christy.png]] Christian Theocracy - You might not be muslim but you're better than the zionists.
 * [[File:JewTheo.png]] Jewish Theocracy - FOR THE LAST TIME, I'M NOT [[File:Nazi.png]] NAZI, I DON'T HATE JEWS, I HATE ZIONISTS!
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Islamic Theocracy - Just because I respect his [[File: Christy.png]] right to exist doesn't mean I'm an infidel!
 * [[File:Khom.png]] Khomeinism - My Iraqi side wants to kill you, but my Syrian side loves you. At least we both hate [[File: Necon.png]] Neoconservatism.
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - A useful ally, even if we have radically different goals. At least we both hate Israel.
 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - Who must go? Thank you for pulling troops out of Rojava, though, at least you did one thing right...
 * Libcon.png Libertarian Conservatism - We're ideologically very different. However, Ron Paul thinks Assad must stay, so you're based.

Enemies

 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - You defeated me in Iraq and now the Middle East is in a terrible condition! Also stop funding ISIS and bombing Syria! Rot in Hell zionist loving criminal.
 * [[File:Zio.png]] Zionism - Oppressor of Palestinian Muslim Brothers and the reason why Middle East is in conflict.
 * [[File:Labzion.png]] Labour Zionism - We could have been brothers but you had to be Zionist.
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Capitalism - Israel lover and oppressor of the workers.
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - Who must go?
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Jihadism - Leave.
 * [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism - Leave.
 * [[File:Cball-FSA.png]] Free Syrian Army - Rebel scum!
 * [[File:Kahan.png]] Kahanism - "Greater Israel"? Oh no you don't.
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - For the last time, we don't hate Jews, we hate Zionism! You're no different from [[File:Zio.png]] him!
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Neo-Ottomanism - NO, YOU F*CK OFF, ERDOĞAN!
 * [[File:Reform.png]] Reformism - F*ck you, only the revolutionary vanguard will succeed!
 * [[File:Altr.png]] Alt-Right - Aren't you [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism? Thanks for your support though.
 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way - F*ck you too for Iraq Blair!

Literature

 * One Common Trench or Two Opposite Sides? by Saddam Hussein

Wikipedia

 * Ba'athism
 * Ba'ath Party
 * Saddam Hussein
 * Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
 * Ba'athist Iraq
 * Hafez al-Assad
 * Bashar al-Assad
 * Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
 * Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
 * Salah Jadid
 * Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party

Internet Communities

 * r/SyrianCirclejerkWar
 * r/SyrianCivilWar