re: #758 Kenneth

Well, it did keep either of those two countries from dominating the region. Can you propose a realistic alternative strategy? Should the US have left Iran & Iraq to fight each other alone? How would it furthered US interests to let either one of those win control of the Persian Gulf?

We funded and armed both sides. That seems pretty equivalent to just doing nothing, doesn’t it? And I hate to break it to you, but Iran now does dominate the region. We crowned them when we overthrew Saddam Hussein and ousted a Sunni dictator who ruled a majority Shia nation whose natural ally in the region is Iran.