Iran Attempts Bombing Raid on America Which Would Have Killed Dozens in Washington DC

[jordan179]

Yesterday we learned that Iranian agents plotted to bomb a crowded Washington, DC restaurant at lunchtime, in an incredibly-bloodthirsty plot to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States of America. This attempt, if backed or even sheltered by the Iranian government, is of course an act of war against both America and Saudi Arabia, and (

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[melvin_udall]

The biggest worry I have here is that the smartest strategy for Iran to defeat America is to instigate war prior to Nov 2012...

...and a possible contingency plan for the Obama administration will be to do it.

They told us this now, just as Holder is subpoenaed for having supplied weapons to criminals who attack the US.

[cutelildrow]

Prior, or just as elections happen? (see my LJ for a recent post on that.)

[mythusmage]

Keep in mind that the Iranians tried to outsource the job to a Mexican drug cartel. I suspect the cartel passed word on to the Feds because they realized what would happen to Mexico if the plan succeeded.

[jordan179]

I agree with you -- specifically, what would happen to the cartel if the attack were successful. This has long struck me as a weakness in the brilliant Islamic Terrorist plan of trying to ally with Narcoterrorists: the Narcoterrorists don't give a fig for the glorious Muslim destiny of world conquest.

[kalance]

Augh!

This must have been an act of war. It's not like there aren't a hundred easier ways to kill an ambassador with nil risk of collateral damage. Nor is it like the Saudis don't have other ambassadors in other countries. This was a chance for them to kill US citizens "innocently".

When I think about the prospect of invading Iran, the only thing I feel is annoyance. I certainly see no reason for concern. It took us about two months to eradicate the fourth largest military force in the world...twice. We can sweep Iran in six weeks.

The REAL challenge will be finding the manpower to keep Iran under occupation. We're stretched beyond the breaking point as it is. And if Congress abolishes the military's pension, like they're talking about, we'll lose our Reserve forces almost completely, along with about half of the troops we have available for that occupation

[ext_531464]

And may Iran be the Saudi's Stalingrad.

[jordan179]

Because the right of nations to attempt to bomb crowded restaurants in the capital of other nations to kill the ambassadors of third nations must be preserved at all cost? Seriously, Yama, do you ever think these things through?

[ext_531464]

I don't give a shit about sovereignty. I just want to see the Saudis destroyed.

[polaris93]

Iran is quite frankly frightening. Her obvious disinterest in reality as a way of deciding on various strategies for achieving her goals -- and maybe for determining what those goals shall be in the first place -- means it will be extremely difficult to predict the outer bounds of what she would consider resonable ways of going about reaching those goals. If she ever acquires a full nuclear capability, the next thing she will do is start World War III -- bet on it. Bombing her flat as soon as possible might be the best way to administer some needed preventive treatment, because she is not going to hold back in her run to become a nuclear power.