[Seth]

Well, i thought the racist comment was in context, obviously not meant to be taken literally, merely a representation of how they were viewed by the reagan administration in terms of value of life. You're right though, it's offensive.
And, the US sold arms to both sides. Iran and Iraq, so I don't know where shades of gray fit in. By the time they signed the armistice over a million from both sides had died, and I wouldn't say that Bush Senior and the Reagan admin were far apart....i mean it's a general concession that Bush Senior ran the show as VP under Reagan. The guy was an actor for f's sake. Jimmy Carter started a move towards independence from foreign oil. Reagan effectively ended that movement and instead fueled the industrial war complex to keep oil money flowing.