Yeah. I'm spinning out. I recognize that.
But am I wrong?
Iran is not my friend. Iran is not my enemy.
They're not suddenly two weeks away from The Bomb (fuck you, Tulsi, by the way). They're not an Existential Threat, and certainly not to America.
There was no reason to bomb Iran. We bombed Iran because...Israel did a "defensive first strike" against them, so now we're in it too.
Fuck off.
No. Iran was always the target, nukes are just the excuse to make it happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clean_Break:_A_New_Strategy_for_Securing_the_Realm
Even longer.
Probably further still, but documented back to '91, off the top of my head.
See my recent post here.
Wolfowitz told General Clark in '91 about the 'seven countries' plan.
Iran was a target because of the likelihood of nukes, and does support irregular warfare against Israel.