A Shah run Iran with US weapons would have kept Saddam in check too. Carter killed hundreds of thousands with his lack of vision.
Yep. And then there’s what he did other places. Time after time using human rights as an issue, and winding up with communist governments replacing US friendly regimes.
It is estimated that the Iran-Iraq War cost the lives of about two million: one million on each side.
It was the highest number of dead Muslims in any conflict.