Iranian plot thwarted

[Razgovory]

It would have caused war if they pulled it off.

No it wouldn't have.  You guys don't have the strength to fight a war against Iran.

Yes, but that isn't likely to stop us.  It could easily lead to war between the Saudis and Iranians.  Or simply an air campaign.

[Ideologue]

It would have caused war if they pulled it off.

No it wouldn't have.  You guys don't have the strength to fight a war against Iran.

  It's like living in France after the Battle of Nations.

[Tamas]

Soo, I can't see why the Iranian state would organize this. What's the edge? Or they can be so amateur that they thought their sponsorship was untracable? Or simply they want hostile action from the US to prop up their failing regime?

That said, I don't think this was a fabricated CB by the Amerikkans, they would have let the bomb explode in that case.

[Maladict]

Dammit, not now. Every country I go to or plan to go to has gone down in riots or revolution the past year. 

[jimmy olsen]

It would have caused war if they pulled it off.

Not necessarily. The Chileans assassinated a guy back in the 1970s IIRC, and the Iranians bumped off an important dissident in DC in 1980. And some more around Europe I believe.

If they killed a hundred civilians at the same time?

[Viking]

Soo, I can't see why the Iranian state would organize this. What's the edge? Or they can be so amateur that they thought their sponsorship was untracable? Or simply they want hostile action from the US to prop up their failing regime?

That said, I don't think this was a fabricated CB by the Amerikkans, they would have let the bomb explode in that case.

Because they are religious nutbags with crazy motivations who think that the USA is so pathetic that it would never ACTUALLY do anything regardless of what they do. The US and UK reactions to Iranian provokations for the last 10 years probably gives them good reason to think this.

[jimmy olsen]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

[Viking]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

2002 - US bombs the shit out of Iraq and invades with 150 thousand men destroying the 4th largest army in the world making the fastest advance in military history.
2011 - US lends 80 tomahawks to the UK to shoot at Libya.

I can see a trend there.. can you. Just ask yourself, will the US invade Iran to depose the government?

[The Brain]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

2002 - US bombs the shit out of Iraq and invades with 150 thousand men destroying the 4th largest army in the world making the fastest advance in military history.

I missed this one.

[jimmy olsen]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

2003 - US bombs the shit out of Iraq and invades with 150 thousand men destroying the 4th largest army in the world making the fastest advance in military history.
2011 - US lends 80 tomahawks to the UK to shoot at Libya.

I can see a trend there.. can you. Just ask yourself, will the US invade Iran to depose the government?

Libya barely had a military, invasion was completely unnecessary. 80 tomahawks got the job down.

I doubt we'd invade Iran, there'd be a massive air campaign though.

[Viking]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

2003 - US bombs the shit out of Iraq and invades with 150 thousand men destroying the 4th largest army in the world making the fastest advance in military history.
2011 - US lends 80 tomahawks to the UK to shoot at Libya.

I can see a trend there.. can you. Just ask yourself, will the US invade Iran to depose the government?

Libya barely had a military, invasion was completely unnecessary. 80 tomahawks got the job down.

I doubt we'd invade Iran, there'd be a massive air campaign though.

Meanwhile Iran; directly and through Iraqi minions; tries to screw up Iraq and Afghanistan as much as possible while Hisbullah creates serious problems with Israel trying to make the conflict USA and Israel vs Iran and Hisbullah in the arab mind. What makes you think that the USA would be willing to pay that cost just for the benefit of one murdered Saudi diplomat?

[jimmy olsen]

The US has invaded two countries in the last ten years, and bombed three. That's an unwise calculation.

2003 - US bombs the shit out of Iraq and invades with 150 thousand men destroying the 4th largest army in the world making the fastest advance in military history.
2011 - US lends 80 tomahawks to the UK to shoot at Libya.

I can see a trend there.. can you. Just ask yourself, will the US invade Iran to depose the government?

Libya barely had a military, invasion was completely unnecessary. 80 tomahawks got the job down.

I doubt we'd invade Iran, there'd be a massive air campaign though.

Meanwhile Iran; directly and through Iraqi minions; tries to screw up Iraq and Afghanistan as much as possible while Hisbullah creates serious problems with Israel trying to make the conflict USA and Israel vs Iran and Hisbullah in the arab mind. What makes you think that the USA would be willing to pay that cost just for the benefit of one murdered Saudi diplomat?

Who the hell cares about the diplomat? It's the hundred dead civilians (high class restaurant frequented by congressmen) that would cause a conflict.

[The Brain]

I'm reminded of the classic boardgame Assassin. Oh the hilarity when your assassin picked weapon "bomb" at location "china store".

[Viking]

Who the hell cares about the diplomat? It's the hundred dead civilians (high class restaurant frequented by congressmen) that would cause a conflict.

Which is why Iran thinks it can get away with shit like that.... It's not like there are anymore non-violent sanctions the US can impose without risk on Iran? What is the US gonna do... start murdering Iranian diplomats?

[jimmy olsen]

Who the hell cares about the diplomat? It's the hundred dead civilians (high class restaurant frequented by congressmen) that would cause a conflict.

Which is why Iran thinks it can get away with shit like that.... It's not like there are anymore non-violent sanctions the US can impose without risk on Iran? What is the US gonna do... start murdering Iranian diplomats?

If Iran kills a hundred civilians in D.C. in a terrorist attack there would be war. How can you possibly dispute it?