Saddam had done a good job containing Iran before we decided to destabilize the Middle East. We should have a lower profile in that part of the world and let the locals serve our interests by fighting among themselves in pursuit of ancient enmities.
Iran didnt have hypersonic cruise missiles like they have now, nor did they have hundreds of SCUD variant missiles like they have ben stockpiling up like now. Only ONE has to work, and if they fire 6 or 10 at once at a single target, there isn’t enough anti-missile firepower to guarantee safety
Iran fought a totally different war against Iraq than would be fought against us, and if you think that war would be limited to the Persian Gulf region, you would be wrong, and if you think it would be against American forces only, you would be wrong, too.
The Saudi’s need to be buying Patriot missiles, too.