us supported iraq in the iraq iran war.
us supported iraq in the iraq iran war.
who did the us support in the iraq iran war?
iraq
iran's official view of us policy in iraq since 2002 has been characterized by considerable ambivalence. on the one hand, lingering mistrust of saddam hussein (as a result of 1980-1988 war with iraq) both created and reinforced an attitude that accepted the us containment of iraq as being in iran's interests. on the other hand, the us since 1993 had proclaimed the containment of iran to be of equal importance to that of iraq, and therefore, iranian leaders felt encircled by the arrival of thousands of us troops in iraq together with those in afghanistan since the end of 2001. indeed, bush's 2002 inclusion of iran in his "axis of evil" meant a us military presence in iraq could constitute an existential threat for the government of the islamic republic. as circumstances in iraq evolved from early 2003 to mid-2005, iranian policy makers faced the challenge of crafting strategies to take advantage of new opportunities while simultaneously remaining out of the crosshairs of a triumphal and hostile united states.
governmental positions on the iraq war prior to the 2003 invasion of iraq
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