"in #2003: !Chomsky adds however that this attack (1) will only go ahead if #Iran is perceived as unable to fight back and that this has encouraged Iran to undertake the development of #nuclear weapons just as #Iraq was encouraged to do so by the #Israeli bombing of the Osirak reactor in #1981. (1) If the establishment of a new regime in Iraq is successful he postulates that the #USA will #target other nations such as #Venezuela or Iran in order to establish control over #oil production and that the build-up to a U.S.-Turkish-Israeli invasion of Iran is #already 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

"in #2003: !Chomsky adds however that this attack (1) will only go ahead if #Iran is perceived as unable to fight back and that this has encouraged Iran to undertake the development of #nuclear weapons just as #Iraq was encouraged to do so by the #Israeli bombing of the Osirak reactor in #1981. (1) If the establishment of a new regime in Iraq is successful he postulates that the #USA will #target other nations such as #Venezuela or Iran in order to establish control over #oil production and that the build-up to a U.S.-Turkish-Israeli invasion of Iran is #already 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