From: David N. Barnett 

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:46:32 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

| Along with the Europeans.  The difference is we stopped, the French and |
Germans didn't.  It was necessary to keep Saddam from being defeated by |
Khomeini who, if he took over Iraq would have been more dangerous to the |
world and the USA than Saddam.

Please refresh my memory -- what was the origin, and the goal, of the
conflict between Iran and Iraq?  Who started it?

Were either of them actually trying to take over control of the other?

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