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Re: Again, equivocation
gbaikie — (archived)

"We may have armed him legally, but we still armed him. Conventionally, certainly and likely we aided him in the chem/bio section."

Alright that's a fair characterize. But remember that sanctions are a form of warfare (a hostile act to a country). So, by refusing to arm him (allow US companies to sell items which are related to warfare) would be a hostile action towards Iraq. And since Iran was hostile to the US, this could be seen as "aiding the enemy" [depending on how much you regarded Iran as an enemy to the US].
So beside the practical & important military considerations, there would also be potential serious political consequences, if Reagan or Bush adminstration was "completely neutral" and Iran was successful in defeating Iraq [rather than what happen- a stalement].
You are worried about the possible problems when the US changes Iraq regime, today- increase that several orders of magnitude, if Iran have been successful. Forget about the millions which would have died in the region, you have two super powers armed to the teeth with a huge nuclear arsenals and a region critical in terms of world security.

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