Consequences of Iran Iraq War

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The first consequence is the obvious one: a million people died. That’s like erasing the entire population of San Francisco, twice. The war was basically World War I trenches, but hotter, with more camels, and zero payoff.

The financial cost was so absurd that both countries had to take out loans from their enemies. Iraq borrowed billions from France and Russia, while Iran burned through its oil money like a teenager with a credit card and no adult supervision. By 1988, Iraq’s debt was larger than the GDP of some small planets.

The "Chemical" Surprise

Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, decided to use chemical weapons like they were party favors. He gassed Kurdish towns and Iranian trenches, killing around 20,000 people in a single attack. The twisted irony? The West sold him the ingredients for those weapons, then acted shocked when he used them. It’s like lending a friend a chainsaw and being surprised when they carve their initials into your sofa.

Iran responded by sending waves of child soldiers—literal teenagers marching into machine guns—to clear minefields. They called it a "human wave," but it was more like a tragic, slow-motion car crash. The survivors came home with missing limbs and a permanent hatred for their own government.