Please tell me how was Iraq ahead of Iran in military ? Our AD, UCAVs, BM, CM program is better than anyone in the whole region. We have MaRV, GRV vehicles on solid liquid MRBM, precision guided AShCM, AShBM. Our UCAV's penetrate enemies skies regularly. We have almost invincible battle hardened militias in name of Hezbollah, Houthis, Iraqi, Syrian Shia militias, Allied Kurdish groups. Saddam had none of this. Think before you speak friend.
And btw we ruled arabs for centuries lol before and after Islamic age. Persian empire ruled the entire middle east from present day Pakistan to Librya. Saffavids had Iraq ... But these Arabs do not show our genetic markers in them and we do not even show their genetic markers. We MENA people do no rape eachother. Iranians esp persians and Kurds are the most purest of the ethnicites in the region with no mixing by anyone at all (you say n and I will provide proof). I will disprove you through published literature. Not some stupid blog but real JCR registered research but will you admit that you were wrong after that ?