 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika pakati pa1982, hondo yakanga yachinja zvikuru ichitsigira Iran, iyo yakapinda muIraq kuti ibvise hurumende yaSaddam. Muongorori weCIA Bruce Riedel akarondedzera, kuti: Imi muchangobva kuva nhevedzano yokurasikirwa kwevaIraq kunoparadza. Vakanga vadzingwa muIran, uye uto reIraq rakanga rakaita seriri kuparara. Kutonga kwaReagan kwakatya kuti mauto eIran angangopinda muIraq kunzvimbo dzemafuta dzeKuwait neSaudi Arabia; Veliotes, panguva iyoyo Mubatsiri Munyori weHurumende weNear East neSouth Asia Affairs, akarondedzera chiitiko chinotyisa umo vaIrani vanopinda muIraq, vanokunda Iraq, uye ipapo vanoenda vakananga kuIsrael, iyo yakatsauswa uye kuneta nechiitiko chayo chiri kuenderera muRebhanoni. Somugumisiro, U.S. zvishoma nezvishoma yakasiya mutemo wayo wokusatora rutivi. 