[BlackVeil]

I agree with you and RussianC. Aside from the dismal reception in Iraq, there is also the Iran/Iraq war to consider. Back then (time beyond memory - when old Sadaam was our mate) it was said that the Iranian army hated the Khomeni regime, and would welcome the Iraqis, and do a military coup in support of the invasion.

Instead, although they did hate the government, they hated the invaders MORE, and fought very stubbornly.

[F14 Pilot]

You made a mistake regarding the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980's.
You forget that Iranians dislike Arabs.
Arabs had invaded Persia once before (around 1400 yrs ago).
That coup you mentioned was to bring the Shah to Iran which failed because Soviets gave all necessary info to the Mullahs' regime.