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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
"but doing such attacks in third countries, with possible local casualties, doesn't seem like a good P.R. plan."

Hello,

I think they are doing their best to emulate their teachers. As is often the case, the student is not as sophisticated as their master.

--Anthony

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

And why the automatic assumption of organization ?

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Originally posted by Geezer:
What with the bombing in India and the attempted attacks in Georgia and Thailand (where Iranian identity of the attackers was confirmed), looks like Iran is declaring open season on Israelis and sending hit teams out hunting.

It's been mentioned that this might be in retaliation for the attack in Iran on nuclear scientists, and I can see that happening, but doing such attacks in third countries, with possible local casualties, doesn't seem like a good P.R. plan.

Almost looks like Iran is trying to draw Israeli air strikes to bolster their support in the Muslim world.

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

And why the automatic assumption of organization ?

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Several attacks and attempts against the same targets (Israeli diolomats) in different countries at pretty much the same time, with all the folks who were caught being from the same country.

Once is an accident.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times is enemy action.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
"but doing such attacks in third countries, with possible local casualties, doesn't seem like a good P.R. plan."

Hello,

I think they are doing their best to emulate their teachers. As is often the case, the student is not as sophisticated as their master.

--Anthony

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Yep. The Russians use radio active isotopes , not grenades.


" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:

The Isrealis conduct worldwide assassination of their enemies, and have since their inception. They are the teachers.

The Iranians have catchup to do.

--Anthony

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Sorry, all things aren't equal. Israel isn't trying to wipe Iran off the face of the map.

And I know you've not overlooked the IED's that have found their way across the border from Iran into Iraq.


" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
The reason the attacks might be so close together is if Israel has done something recently that set off a population those attackers came from.

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:

You seem to be confusing morality with tactics.
Iran is doing exactly what Israel has done, with a touch less finesse.

--Anthony

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Like, yanno, assassinating their people, threatening them and trying to browbeat them politically and economically ?

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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Auraptor: "No, the bombs made a whirring noise..."
Anthony: "Nah, it's a more of a whooshing sound, definitely..."
Auraptor: "Whirring."
Anthony: "Whooshing."

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Like, yanno, assassinating their people, threatening them and trying to browbeat them politically and economically ?

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But as someone said, "And why the automatic assumption of organization ?"

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Much of the world fears us. Do all of Israel's neighbors fear her now?

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That's my perspective.

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That's my perspective.

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Thanks for that. I think most folks have it in their heads that, what ever they feel about a topic, how ever they were told of something, is THE right way, and thus they base their views on that information. Right or wrong.

I've tried to be as open and honest about not only what I think , but WHY I think it. Sadly, some small minded types here only take that as opportunity to ridicule and attack, instead of honestly looking at themselves and even TRYING to have a sober, mature discussion.


" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Iran as a state funded source of TRUE global terrorism.

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And you seem to be forgetting that Iran has been exporting terrorism and death for quite some time. Normally, they outsource this sort of stuff to Hamas or Hezbollah, among others.

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When people in this country heard about what the Nazis were doing to the German Jews ... well, that was just
too unpleasant; most of us denied it, ignored it. Then Hitler began to roll over his neighbors, and WWII began
in ernest. WWI had taught us a hard lesson; we were not about to get involved in another European fire storm.

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There was no place for them to go for a long time after the war. Israel finally took them in.

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Most Americans (USA, not Canada) were unwilling to read the handwriting. Our own writing was, "Gee, Hitler's
almost sewn up Europe. It's nothing to do with US; there's a big pond between us." But when the Japanese
shoved the message at us rudely, along with the grief, most of us were suddenly pleased with an excuse to
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During the Battle of Britain, what our government intelligence knew of the Jewish persecution and what we,
the general population were willing to acknowledge must have been quite different.

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Truly unaware of Israeli atrocities.

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Iran as a state funded source of TRUE global terrorism.

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And you seem to be forgetting that Iran has been exporting terrorism and death for quite some time. Normally, they outsource this sort of stuff to Hamas or Hezbollah, among others.

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Wait a minute. The most Iran has had to do with Hamas is that they've supplied guns to them. Your Hamas example is more like a proxy war with some people committing war crimes.

Though, I guess, in fairness, I've argued that this was state sponsored terrorism when the U.S. did it in the Soviet-Afghanistan war. On the other hand, everyone told me then I was stretching it.

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