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Your ignorance is rather telling.There was no objectivity in that monkey level analysis.
"Iraq also had a Popular Army, which had been created in 1971 as a Ba'ath Party militia. It was a highly political force designed to counter any threat from the regular forces, and had poor training and equipment before the Iran-Iraq War. Despite several efforts to improve it during the early 1980s, it performed poorly during the Iran-Iraq War -- even when Popular Army units were finally integrated into Iraqi regular army formations during the 1980s." - CSIS
Iraqi military strength in 1980 at a glance:-
Number of troops = 180,000
Number of Tanks = 2700
Number of Artillery = 2300
Number of ballistic missiles = 0
Chemical weapons program = infancy
Iraqi military strength in 1990 at a glance:-
Number of troops = 955,000 (20% of this strength = the Republic Guards)
Number of Tanks = 5700
Number of Artillery = 3700
Number of ballistic missiles = 800+ (Scud variants)
Chemical weapons program = advanced (mustard gas munitions; nerve agents)
Iraqi Air Force was also much bigger and capable by 1990 in comparison to what it used to be in 1980. Iraqi armed forces underwent numerous quantitative and qualitative improvements across the board from 1983 to 1990, thanks in part to foreign aid and battlefield-related experiences.
So what did I tell you earlier? Following:-
Iraq wasn't a military juggernaut when it invaded Iran in 1980 but a mediocre military power at the time; logistics problems, poor Air Force, and modest Iranian resistance efforts - these 3 factors collectively ensured failure of Iraqi armed forces to reach Tehran let alone pulling off 'regime change' in Iran. In fact, Iranian armed forces succeeded at ousting Iraqi armed forces by 1982.
Iraq began to receive funds and equipment from foreign entities after 1982 when it was on the receiving-end of Iranian counter-aggression. It would still take several years to refine and improve armed forces to the extent that they would be able to decisively defeat Iranian armed forces in the battlefield by 1988 (Operation Forty Stars and Tawakalna ala Allah Operations).
You do not even understand the meaning of 'analysis' let alone dismiss mine. You = Monkey.
This was the case in the period (1980 - 1982) only, and Iran accomplished this objective by 1982.Nonsense. Iran's main objective was to resist the invasion, which it accomplished.
Saddam Hussein offered his terms for lasting peace to Iran in 1982 but Ayatollah Ali Khomeini rejected his terms (a) and called for 'regime change' in Iraq instead (b).
(a) 15 December 1981 - Saddam Hussein says that his country is ready to end the war with Iran if Tehran agrees to recognize Iraq's borders. Iran rejects Hussein's plea.
(b) 22 June 1982 - Saddam Hussein announces an Iraqi troop withdrawal to be completed in ten days. Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini says that the war with Iraq will not end even if Iraq withdraws its troops. The commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, Col. Sayed Shirazi, says that Iran will continue its war with Iraq until Saddam Hussein is overthrown.
Therefore, new Iranian objectives were set in accordance with the call of Ayatollah Khomeini.
Post-Iraqi invasion Iranian objective # 1: Capture of Basra = FAIL (5 attempts in total)
Link:
Post-Iraqi invasion Iranian objective # 2: Regime change in Iraq = FAIL
Complete timeline of events in relation to Iran-Iraq War (1980 - 1988) in this link: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Iran-IraqWar_Part1_0.pdf
You do not understand your own history unfortunately. Such a shame.
US have far more battlefield-related accomplishments under its belt than your country, period.Once again, all that is better than the utter humiliation your white American master's have suffered.
Mirror time.You worry about your own failed state kid.
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
Iran–Iraq War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Iraq_War
Operation Praying Mantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis
In each of these major conflicts, Iranian performance was lackluster, but the list of excuses for your failures is endless.
Talk is cheap, paper tiger.On the internet, you're crying to the mods every 5 minutes. In real life, you're a pu$$y as well. Once slap and you'd run like a kid.
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