In the history of the Iraq / Iran war (more of a throwback to WW1 trench warfare) than an actual conflict for conquering a country.
We (the US) used Saddam as our proxy to fight Iran, chemical weapons were used indiscriminately in the conflict then later on against the Kurds.
It’s a pretty...
While the decision to invade Iraq was a blunder for many reasons Saddam actually did have weapons of mass destruction (chemical), we sold them to him. Advertising captured weapons of mass destruction with “Made in the USA” on the boxes was inconvenient.