That's not really the topic neither am I saying that Iraq is a superpower, the US can trash any country in the middle east including 180 million impoverished Pakistan if not for its nukes. That's nothing to feel bad about, it's simply that their economic, industrial and military strength supersedes that of any regional country by far. Including Turkey, Iran and Pakistan.
And that's because people like you and the rest of the Arabs (not all) who think that they can progress alone..
How many universities these oil rich countries (including Iraq) built for the betterment of Muslims in general? Sometimes, you need to depend on others because you don't find the intelligent brains in your own country.. This is called immigration program, in which a western country gives scholarships to citizens of other countries (including Muslim countries), make it easy for them to live there permanently so that they make the most out of these particular individuals who score high in their universities.. This is how Europe progressed..
Keeping the wealth only to you means that you miss out on so many opportunities.. Imagine if Iraq had built universities, and started an immigration program back then, you guys could have integrated the best brains coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other countries.. Those brains, who now work in US as its citizens, and US is US because of those immigrants, would have worked for you, and the rest of the middle eastern countries to make them great..
But no.. you guys have an inflated ego.. how could you integrate people coming from non-Arab lands because you are the only chosen people on this planet earth. You look down upon others.. insult non-Arabs (only if they are coming from poor Muslim countries), consider westerners as your masters.. and these western countries insult you by bombing you one by one..
How many Arab countries have been bombed till now? Start from Palestine, then coming to Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Yemen. And this list will not stop here.. Expect that more countries will be included soon.