"A truly dumb and costly war. An invasion that killed at least 125,000 civilians. "From Day 1, Iran saw something else: a chance to make a client state of Iraq, a former enemy against which it fought a war in the 1980s so brutal, with chemical weapons and trench warfare, that historians look to World War I for analogies. If it succeeded, Iraq would never again pose a threat, and it could serve as a jumping-off point to spread Iranian influence around the region. In that contest, Iran won, and the United States lost."
Iran Dominates in Iraq After U.S. ‘Handed the Country Over’ - The New York Times
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