Yeah right. Both Iran and Iraq were using WMD on each other during that war. They also fired Ballistic missiles into each others cities. Just because it was state sponsored, does not mean it was not terrorism.
Iraq and Iran fighting each other weakened them, and helped us. Iraqis and Iranians killing each other was fine. The Reagan admin agreed.
We now have transnational threats being created out of the crisis in Iraq other hot spots because of the lack of a powerful central authority.