You might want to re-check your history there m8.For a start iran wasnt just fighting the 3rd rate iraqis,it was fighting the 3rd rate iraqis who were backed up by the arabs,the west and the soviets,and that supplied iraq with tens of billions of dollars[1980s billions]in cash,chemical weapons,vital intelligence and of course vast amounts of conventional weapons.By comparison iran had only a tiny handful of allies:syria,the dprk,and some help from libya,in addition iran had only just had the revolution which caused a great deal of upheaval within iran especially within the iranian armed forces of whom many,especially the airforce,were still pro pahlavi,not to mention that the vast bulk of irans military was western supplied which it now would have problems getting spares and logistic support for.Yet despite this within less than 2 years the iranians had inflicted numerous losses and defeats on the iraqis and had recaptured virtually all of their lost territory,the iraqis then spent the next several years losing iraqi territory and trying to hold off the iranians and even having to resort to the use of chemical weapons,the vast bulk of the capability to manufacture these were supplied by the west.Ultimately saddam was able to regain his lost territory and achieve a cease fire,but only by completely bankrupting his country and drafting virtually everyone he could into the military,remember the worlds 4th largest army on the eve of desert storm?.In the end saddam had achieved none of his military aims and was very lucky just to survive,tho economically iraq was in horrible shape and in debt to the tune of tens of billions of dollars[80s money] that he had no hope of repaying and his "arab brothers" werent about to forgive him those debts......and thats when he decided to pick on kuwait.....and the rest as they say was history.
Also the us didnt clobber iraq all by itself as it did have some help,such as those bases in saudi to operate its air and land campaign out of.I wonder how it would have gone if the coalition had had to do the whole thing via carriers and amphibious landings?
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