Iran tried to assassinate a Saudi envoy

So this is going down right now, the U.S. is pissed that Iran tried to assassinate a Saudi envoy, and Iran is going to spin the U.S.'s actions against it, propelling us closer, and possibly to, a moderate-scale showdown. Now I say moderate scale because their nukes are poop, and Israel is right around the corner ready to go commando on their asses, and we also have Turkey right over there who is all ready to go co-commando on their ass. So even so, we will surely get some U.S. soldiers or missiles there either way, so it'll be a big catastrophe. Thoughts?

Who cares about Iran? They are just a bunch of uncivilised barbarians who live in oil mansion tyrants and stone women to death because they go outside without a male guardian. They are also anti semites and want to kill the Jews. This is going to get pretty bloody....But why did they tryto assassinate a Saudi? I thought they were allies (to a point anyway).

ShadowMoses900

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Who cares about Iran? They are just a bunch of uncivilised barbarians who live in oil mansion tyrants and stone women to death because they go outside without a male guardian. They are also anti semites and want to kill the Jews. This is going to get pretty bloody....But why did they tryto assassinate a Saudi? I thought they were allies (to a point anyway).

Kcube

There are good Iranian people there, definately. I forget which area, but Iran is divided between west Iran and East Iran. And one of the areas is just like it is in the western world where the other area is run by muslim radicals and they are dangerous.

EDIT: Mabey it's northern Iran and Southern Iran, I don't remember.

That going to war would be the worst idea imaginable with how the economy is and should be avoided at all costs.

That going to war would be the worst idea imaginable with how the economy is and should be avoided at all costs.

XileLord

It's suspicious the U.S. government arrested this guy a month ago and are now just telling us. I find the timing odd.KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]It's suspicious the U.S. government arrested this guy a month ago and are now just telling us. I find the timing odd.SaintLeonidas

Holder is in trouble with the Fast and Furious program so he announces this capture now. The guy they caught has been sitting in a public prison for a month not some top secret CIA detention facility.

Holder is using this as a diversion.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]It's suspicious the U.S. government arrested this guy a month ago and are now just telling us. I find the timing odd.KC_Hokie

Holder is in trouble with the Fast and Furious program so he announces this capture now. The guy they caught has been sitting in a public prison for a month not some top secret CIA detention facility.

Holder is using this as a diversion.

Has it actually been proven that Iran had anything to do with it? Or are we just going on whatever the American government are suggesting? Hang on a second,. even if Iran were involved...what does this have to do with the United States? It's the Saudis problem, not theirs.MushroomWig

1) I doubt they would lie... Whistle blowing, etc will always get the truth out and no one wants to be caught in that political poopstorm when it happens...

2) What would be the point of lying? Iran already looks like a douchebag to most of the world... Look at the Ahmedinejad's recent UN speech and all previous ones... Almost everyone excluding like Lebanon walk out of it... And half the delegates don't come anyways... Not to mention Iran is already sanctioned to hell and back...

3) And what does it have to do with the US? One: The assassination was planned to take place in the United States... Two: The method planned was to detonate a bomb in a DC restaurant while the Saudi Ambassador was there...

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[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"] Huh? This sort of stuff always comes out to the public after arrests were made. Even with him in custody they would still be doing investigations that would most definitely require keeping this behind closed doors until they knew they could tell the world without jeopardizing ruining the case or catching other possible suspects. SaintLeonidas

Holder is in trouble with the Fast and Furious program so he announces this capture now. The guy they caught has been sitting in a public prison for a month not some top secret CIA detention facility.

Holder is using this as a diversion.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]The guy they caught was a used cars salesmen who spilled the beans instantly.

Holder is in trouble with the Fast and Furious program so he announces this capture now. The guy they caught has been sitting in a public prison for a month not some top secret CIA detention facility.

Holder is using this as a diversion.

KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"] Yeah, definitively. The entire administration and justice/defense department are doing all this just to help Holder. :roll:SaintLeonidas

Yeah and Iraq had WMD... oh wait!kuraimen

OP I think you need to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7outq9ebuck It might shed some light on why the story is very fishy and shouldn't be suddenly trusted.RyviusARC

I don't understand what Iran would achieve from this assassination. I think this is just an attempt to further malign Iran and impose more sanctions on them.

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]Yeah and Iraq had WMD... oh wait!LJS9502_basic

I don't understand what Iran would achieve from this assassination. I think this is just an attempt to further malign Iran and impose more sanctions on them.

Harisemo

But then it turns out large sums of money were exchanged through U.S. banks (international funds in large amounts are instantly flagged and this is widely known). That's beyond a rookie mistake the Quds force would not have likely made. Then they supposedly hired a used car saleman from Texas. People who knew him said he was incompetent at everything he did. If the Quds force wanted to pull off something this large they would have used trained experts not a used car salesmen.

You also don't use the Mexican cartel for international espionage and assassination. If you want someone dead you use professionals.

On top of that the two people caught have been sitting in public jails awaiting trial and not some federal detention facility where you would keep legitimate spies and assassins.

It sounds like the government could have fabricated this entire thing down to providing the bait (money).