>>>Why stop there ? Who supported Saddam in Iranian war ?
>>>The short answer to your question is that you form alliances that lead to peace and prosperity. Why would you do otherwise?
>>>Weeeell, my example does not really support THAT part of your argument ;-)
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>Sure it does. Why would they support Saddam? Not for peace, but because he's attacking Iran. QED. Hence the desperate attacks on Trump: his preference for rapprochement rather than endless conflict and revenge might allow him to succeed where others failed, which would be terrible because Orange Man Bad.

Keeping Iran bottled up after Pahlewy downfall, Shiite rise and embassy storming might be argued to keep Shiites bottled up (tranquility, not peace) and internal strive hightened between muslim factions (see previous brackets).

Arming people in that region did not work well for the govs giving away the arms.