Who was the lesser evil in the Iran-Iraq war

[Zioneer]

The one being invaded

Iraq invaded Iran in a brutal, unabashed land-grab and the Iranians resisted, despite Iraq's use of chemical weapons banned by treaty for over half a century by that point. Chastised after a bloody stalemate, the Iraqi regime picked a fight against a much weaker neighbor in another unabashed landgrab that was only undone by a massive intervention by the international community. The Iraqi regime had made repeated noises about invading Saudi Arabia and seizing its massive oil reserves as well.

I find it hard to imagine why someone would pick Iraq.

[Zioneer]

Iraq.  Saddam Hussein may have been a tyrant, but I don't seem to remember anything about him leading chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel."  

So siding with the aggressor in a brutal war (in which Iraq gassed an awful lot of people) over a few words that the Iran government has never really tried to put into effect?