"in #: !Chomsky adds however that this attack (1) will only go ahead if # is perceived as unable to fight back and that this has encouraged Iran to undertake the development of # weapons just as # was encouraged to do so by the # bombing of the Osirak reactor in # (1) If the establishment of a new regime in Iraq is successful he postulates that the # will # other nations such as # or Iran in order to establish control over # production and that the build-up to a U.S.-Turkish-Israeli invasion of Iran is # underway with the Israeli airforce flying reconnaissance missions from U.S. bases in Turkey and attempts to stir-up Azeri nationalist forces over the border." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Ambitions#One:_Imperial_Ambitions cc @question