Throughout the course of time, war has played a huge roll in shaping the history of man kind. During the 1980's, controversy between Iran and Iraq led to a costly 8 year war. The rivalry war between the two extremist leaders, Saddam Hussein and Ayatolla Khomeini, led to a cease fire. Nothing had been resolved; only 2 countries torn apart by each other over extremist views. War has a negative impact on society and it governments because of extremists.