Michel Chossudovsky confirms with foresight almost 20 years ago in his December 2006 presentation:

Michel Chossudovsky, Kuala Lumpur, December 2006

It is totally militarized. it’s a region which encompasses some 60% of global oil and gas reserves at least according to the estimates now 60% of global oil and gas reserves is something about 30 times those of the United States of America so we can understand the economic and strategic nature of this region.

We see of course Saudi Arabia the largest with the largest reserves followed by Iraq with 11% of total oil and gas reserves. Iran is number three and essentially this war is a war of conquest of oil reserves. it’s not the sole purpose of this war but it is certainly one of the key objectives is to secure c control and confiscate of course the resources and assets of the countries under attack.

Iran is the next phase of this war. This is not a rhetorical question it has been confirmed in military documents and press reports.

In this particular case and it’s also an important landmark, Israel is slated to play a direct role in the bombing campaign so that we are evolving from an Anglo-American military operation which is based on the integration of American and British interests in the oil industry as well as in the the military industrial complex to the participation of Israel directly in a military operation directed against Iran.

The preparations for this campaign have already been completed .

I should mention that this involves also the participation of Turkey. There have been joint military exercises which occurred earlier this year and there has been a large stockpiling of both conventional as well as nuclear weapons in preparation for a possible bombing

I’m not suggesting that the bombing will necessarily take place or when it will take place. But it is part of the process of military planning and at this stage the military Alliance is in a state of Readiness and Israel is slated to play the major role in this military operation.

Now if you look at the region and you have an understanding of the geopolitics you’ll realize immediately that if Israel becomes officially part of the military axis– it’s unofficial up to now– immediately what’s going to happen is that the war is going to spread to the entire Middle Eastern region.

Source: Global Research