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A promising proxy for the United States was just across the border in Iraq: the new strongman of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
很希望的新代理人就在伊朗旁邊的伊拉克：伊拉克的新鐵腕人物，薩達(dá)姆·侯賽因。
Himself raised the Sunni Muslim, Saddam kept Iraq's Shiite majority in line,
他壯大了遜尼派，使伊拉克多數(shù)的什葉派有所限制，
despite the Shiite majority's natural sympathy for the Shiite regime in Iran.
雖然他們對(duì)伊朗的什葉派有著自然的同情。
On September's 22nd 1980, Saddam Hussein invaded Iran.
1980年9月22日，薩達(dá)姆·侯賽因進(jìn)攻伊朗。
Whether or not President Carter had promised Saddam a free hand, he was happy to see the hated Iranians take one across the chops.
不管卡特總統(tǒng)有沒(méi)有讓薩達(dá)姆放手去做，他都很高興看到討厭的伊朗人碰到麻煩。
Succeeding Carter in 1981, President Ronald Reagan made a priority of projecting American strength.
1981年羅納德·里根總統(tǒng)上任，重點(diǎn)優(yōu)先展現(xiàn)美國(guó)實(shí)力。
Congress forbade him from dealing directly with Iraq, so he found ways of getting Saddam his weapons anyway.
國(guó)會(huì)禁止他直接參與與伊拉克作戰(zhàn)，但他還是通過(guò)別的方式使薩達(dá)姆得到了武器。
The war waged back and forth for nearly eight bloody years.
這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)往往復(fù)復(fù)進(jìn)行了差不多八年。
Isolated from both the United States and the godless Communists, Iran ultimately sued for peace in August 1988.
伊朗在被美國(guó)和無(wú)神論共產(chǎn)主義者孤立后，終于在1988年8月請(qǐng)求和談。
At first glance, it was a win-win situation for the United States.
乍一看，這對(duì)于美國(guó)來(lái)說(shuō)是次雙贏。
Two Middle Eastern heavyweights had pounded each other silly, at no cost to the Americans.
兩位中東的重量級(jí)選手愚蠢地互相打斗，而美國(guó)不需要付出絲毫代價(jià)。
But that which looks too good to be true usually is.
但那些看上去好得不太真實(shí)的事情，往往是真的。
