The form of the war is up for debate, but war really is the answer to war.
There will be a press conference soon.
UPDATE: An Iranian-American was plotting to blow up the Saudi and Israeli embassies in WDC, and kill the Saudi ambassador to America. He thought he was working with Mexican drug lords (why would he think they'd have weapons, eh?). What the direct connection to Iran is I don't know. So maybe this isn't what it appears.
UPDATE: A "flagrant violation of international law"? That's what our attorney general says? We will come down on them with the full force of law? It was directed from Iran! It is an act of war.
I suggest sending in the Marines to liberate Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, Persian Gulf islands which Iran captured from the UAE back in 1971. The Saudis will like it. The UAE will like it. Even the Iraqis may appreciate a little justification for their war begun in 1980 (even if under Saddam).
This mullah regime must be destroyed. In the short run, we must respond to the outrage. Declare war. At least pass legislation declaring the destruction of the Iranian regime is our policy. Seize the islands. Prepare for a long struggle waged in the shadows with our armed forces participating as needed.
I mean, our government is outraged, isn't it?
UPDATE: The first report. I assume it will be updated with more details.
UPDATE: Here's the plot:
The criminal complaint alleges that, from the spring of 2011 to October 2011, Arbabsiar and his Iran-based co-conspirators, including Shakuri of the Qods Force, have been plotting the murder of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. In furtherance of this conspiracy, Arbabsiar allegedly met on a number of occasions in Mexico with a DEA confidential source (CS-1) who has posed as an associate of a violent international drug trafficking cartel. According to the complaint, Arbabsiar arranged to hire CS-1 and CS-1’s purported accomplices to murder the Ambassador, and Shakuri and other Iran-based co-conspirators were aware of and approved the plan. With Shakuri’s approval, Arbabsiar has allegedly caused approximately $100,000 to be wired into a bank account in the United States as a down payment to CS-1 for the anticipated killing of the Ambassador, which was to take place in the United States.
According to the criminal complaint, the IRCG is an arm of the Iranian military that is composed of a number of branches, one of which is the Qods Force. The Qods Force conducts sensitive covert operations abroad, including terrorist attacks, assassinations and kidnappings, and is believed to sponsor attacks against Coalition Forces in Iraq. In October 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department designated the Qods Force for providing material support to the Taliban and other terrorist organizations.
The complaint alleges that Arbabsiar met with CS-1 in Mexico on May 24, 2011, where Arbabsiar inquired as to CS-1’s knowledge with respect to explosives and explained that he was interested in, among other things, attacking an embassy of Saudi Arabia. In response, CS-1 allegedly indicated that he was knowledgeable with respect to C-4 explosives. In June and July 2011, the complaint alleges, Arbabsiar returned to Mexico and held additional meetings with CS-1, where Arbabsiar explained that his associates in Iran had discussed a number of violent missions for CS-1 and his associates to perform, including the murder of the Ambassador.
I don't care if it was the Revolutionary Guards (Pasdaran). That's a bullshit excuse to avoid taking action. If we let Iran's government off the hook on the theory that a rogue element within Iran did this, we give Iran's government no incentive to control them.
I'm willing to have a declaration of war on the Pasdaran only, and see if Iran wants to stand in our way as we kill them wherever we find them, inside Iran and around the world. Kill them all. Someone is at war with us. Wage war in return.
