Kammala wannan magana: Babi na biyar, "Haɗin Iraki", ya dubi baya ga yakin Iraki na 2003, yana farawa tare da nazarin ayyukan gwamnatin Reagan a cikin shekarun 1980, wanda ya mayar da hankali ga kokarin soja a Amurka ta Tsakiya da Gabas ta Tsakiya. Chomsky ya yi jayayya cewa gwamnatin Reagan ta yi amfani da tsoro da maganganun kishin kasa don karkatar da hankalin jama'a daga mummunan halin tattalin arzikin da Amurka ke fuskanta, ta hanyar neman masu laifi a cikin nau'ikan gwamnatocin hagu na Libya, Grenada da Nicaragua, da kuma cinikin miyagun ƙwayoyi na duniya. Ya yi nazari kan doguwar dangantakar da Amurka ke da ita da gwamnatin Iraqi ta Hussein, yana mai lura da cewa sun goyi bayan Hussein a duk lokacin yakin Iran-Iraq, Kamfen na Al-Anfal da harin iskar gas na Halabja, kawai sun juya wa tsohon abokinsu bayan da ya mutu.
mamaye Kuwait a shekarar 1990. Da yake ci gaba da sukar ra'ayin cewa gwamnatin Bush II ta damu da gaske game da barazanar da ke fuskantar tsaron Amurka, ya soki kokarinsu na yin watsi da kokarin kasa da kasa don hana aikin soja na sararin samaniya, da kawar da yakin kwayar halitta, da kuma yaki da gurbatawar duniya, da kuma cewa sun yi watsi da duk gargadin da cewa mamayar Iraki za ta haifar da mummunan tashin hankali na Amurka a duniya. Binciken halin da Amurka ta dauka game da gwamnatocin Turai wadanda suka yi adawa da yakin, wato Faransa da Jamus, ya soki ra'ayin cewa Amurka na son shigar da gwamnatin dimokiradiyya a Iraki, yana mai cewa suna son shigar da tsarin mulkin marigayi wanda zai yi biyayya ga bukatun kamfanonin Amurka.