Wednesday - October 12, 2011

Rattle, Rattle

The alleged Iranian government-backed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is quickly exacerbating already flaring tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Members of Congress were quick to condemn Iran over the plot.

Rep. Michael McCaul R-Texas, said if it was indeed sponsored by the Iranian government, “this would constitute an act of war not only against the Saudis and Israelis but against the United States as well.”

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., issued a similar statement saying, “Iran’s assassination of a foreign diplomat in our country would have violated both U.S. and international law, and represented an act of war.”

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, speaking on Fox News, called the plot an “act of war” against the United States.

“We have to do something,” he said, saying the specifics of the response should be left up to the Defense Department and the president.

But a senior Defense official told Fox News the announcement Tuesday “is not a trip wire for military action in Iran.”

“The United States is committed to holding Iran accountable for its actions,” Holder said.

A State Department official on Tuesday called the case a “flagrant violation of international law.”

And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. would work with its allies to “send a very strong message that this kind of action, which violates international norms, must be ended.”

In a separate interview with the Associated Press, Clinton said the plot “crosses a line,” and that she and President Obama were calling international leaders to tell them what happened. She said they want to “pre-empt” any efforts by Iran to deny responsibility, as well as “enlist more countries in working together against what is becoming a clearer and clearer threat” from Iran, according to the Associated Press. She said the reaction could “further isolate Iran.”

The Treasury Department fired the first diplomatic shot Tuesday afternoon, imposing sanctions on five people allegedly linked to the plot, including four members of the Quds Force—which is part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Two of them, Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri, were charged Tuesday in New York federal court, though Skahuri remains at large. The Treasury Department said the other Quds officials named were also involved in the plot. The sanctions will freeze any U.S. assets held by the individuals and prohibit anyone in the U.S. from doing business with them.

Bunch of noise. Nothing will happen, not with Commander Dickless at the helm. None of these camel jockeys has more than a dollar or two of assets in the US to seize anyway. Hey, maybe Comrade Obama can meet with Ahmadumbjihad and have another Beer Summit to smooth things out. It was worth it to Iran to sacrifice this pawn Arbabsiar; whether or not they snagged the $100K doesn’t matter. Now they’ve got the USA looking under the bed for terrorists and rent-a-bombers, and spending hundreds of millions on union overtime to ‘respond’ to the ‘heightened threat level’. They win this round, and know they can do it again whenever they want. You can kick a weak horse as much as you like, it will never buck.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/12/2011 at 06:46 AM   
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