Iran Iraq War History

Three things distinguish the IranIraq War First it was inordinately protracted lasting longer than either world war essentially because Iran did not want to end it while Iraq could not Second it was sharply asymmetrical in the means employed by each side because though both sides exported oil and purchased military imports throughout Iraq was further subsidized and supported by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia allowing it to acquire advanced weapons and expertise on a much larger scale than Iran Third it included three