Talk:Iran-Iraq War

A very stubby start

We've needed something here, and I can certainly build on it. Please take heed how the article on the same subject at the Other Place has, like the war, degenerated into a stalemate of partisan accusations.

I cannot emphasize strongly enough that keeping the article focused means keeping the focus, surprising as it may seem, on Iran and Iraq. Both superpowers thoroughly manipulated both sides and there were no clean hands, but the hatred between the two countries was quite significant enough to sustain the war; other powers did not need to play puppeteer. The Tanker War, as well as tensions over such things as the U.S. embassy seizure, drew real blood, but there is little evidence that the U.S. depended on Iraq in these matters, or vice versa. Essentially, there were two or more bilateral (and multilateral) conflicts in play at various times. Howard C. Berkowitz 16:27, 3 July 2008 (CDT)