The Iran-Iraq war which lasted for eight years from 1980 to 1988 was among the longest wars in the 20th century with huge losses of life and property on both sides. During eight years of imposed war, Iran stood up almost single-handedly to an Iraq which enjoyed the support of a large number of Arab, Western, Eastern, and even South American countries. During all those years, it insisted on two goals: condemnation of Iraqs aggression against Iran and suitable punishment of the aggressor by international authorities. Iran, however, was denied both its requests.
On the opposite, after Saddams forces invaded Kuwait, the international community moved to impose crippling sanctions against Iraq which finally led to the downfall of the Baathist Iraqi regime followed by the execution of Saddam Hussein and other criminal officials of his government. As for Kuwait, the subsequent government of Iraq was forced to pay remuneration to Kuwait. None of these happened in the case of Iran. Although damages inflicted on Iran have been estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars, no mechanisms have been considered for the determination and payment of damages by the new Iraqi government.
The question here is would the war between Iran and Iraq have lasted for eight long years if the international community, in general, and big powers, in particular had adopted the same positions on the invasion of the Iraqi forces against Iran as they took with regard to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq? And the second question that follows: Shouldnt Iran be considered rightful not to trust many of these countries anymore?