Comment by 0xDEAFBEAD

Here's a line graph of the HDI of Iraq and Palestine:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-development-index?t...

For Iraq, you can see a small dip for the 2003 invasion, which quickly recovers and in subsequent years grows above its pre-invasion value. Far from being "destroyed", Iraq is now doing better than ever.

For Palestine, the dip is about 3x larger.