Reading the news and comments are so weird about this. Both countries are the good and bad guy, both supress and liberate their people, both censor their internet, both arrest and kill innocent civilians - can you imagine if the US and Iran teamed up? We'd all be fucked
"First the worst, second the best" is a playground chant of unknown, likely early-to-mid 20th-century origin, commonly used by children in the UK, US, Canada, and New Zealand to tease those in the first two positions. It is a form of oral folklore used to mock the winner and praise the runner-up.
"Doctor why are you head banging?"