Please correct me if I am wrong on my spelling and/or my conceptions.
Sadaam's uncle and "hero" was a Nazi and Sadaam's Bath Party was based on the Hitler-Nazi Party. Nazi party members were welcome in Iraq during WW II.
Syria has the same ruling Bath-Nazi Party. Which helps explain why many of the WMD went to his "brothers" in Syria just before Gulf War II.
The Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian wars were supported as partial replays of WW I and WW II. The Russians were helping fellow "Slavic peoples" and the Muslims were fighting with fellow Muslims.
It is and was more complicated, but I believe, somewhat accurate.