Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chitsauko chechishanu, "The Iraq Connection", chinotarisa kumashure kweHondo yeIraq ya2003, ichitanga nokuongorora mabasa ehurumende yaReagan muma1980, avo vakaisa pfungwa dzavo muchiuto muCentral America neMiddle East. Chomsky anotaura kuti hurumende yaReagan yakashandisa kutya uye kutaura kworudzi kuti vanhu vasafunga nezvemamiriro ezvinhu akaipa ezveupfumi ayo US yakanga yakatarisana nawo, kuwana zvivi mumarudzi ehurumende dzoruboshwe dzeLibya, Grenada neNicaragua, pamwe nekutengeserana kwezvinodhaka kwenyika yose. Anoongorora ukama hwenguva refu uhwo United States yakava nahwo nehurumende yaHussein yeIraq, achicherechedza kuti vakatsigira Hussein zvakasimba muHondo yeIran-Iraq, Al-Anfal Campaign uye kurwisa kwegesi ine chepfu yeHalabja, vachingotendeukira kune vaimbova mubatanidzwa wavo mushure mekunge iye
Kupinda muKuwait muna 1990. Achipfuurira kutsoropodza pfungwa yokuti hurumende yaBush II yakanga ichinetseka chaizvoizvo nezvengozi dzokuchengetedzwa kweUnited States, anotsoropodza kuedza kwavo kukanganisa nhamburiko dzemarudzi ose dzokudzivisa kushandiswa kwezvombo zvenyika, kubviswa kwehondo yezvokudya, uye kurwisana nokushatiswa kwepasi pose, pamwe chete neidi rokuti vakaregeredza nyevero dzose dzokuti kupinda kweIraq kwaizoparira kupesana kwepasi pose kweAmerica. Achitsvakurudza mafungiro okuramba ayo United States yakatora kuhurumende dzeEurope dzakanga dzapikisa hondo, kureva France neGermany, anotsoropodza pfungwa yokuti United States yaida kuisa hurumende yezvematongerwe enyika muIraq, ichitaura kuti vaida kuisa hurumende yezvidhori iyo yaizoteerera kufarira kwekambani yeUnited States.