The goal was to tell the rest of the world (mainly the Europeans) that the United States has official borders and that they could no longer colonize in the borders.
It also told the Europeans that the U.S would not interfere with their colonies or Europe itself.
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The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, it was on September 22 1980. after a long history of border disputes and demands for the overthrow of saddam Hussein’s regime. Itaqi forces did well at the beginning of the war, taking Iranian khuzestan, but before long they were stopped and forced out of iran.
The Canadian government turned them away.