A better title for this post would have been "Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 *Americans* Dead." According to the Guardian, the total death toll was 17.
Juan, while I agree that this alleged assassination plot seems far fetched, there is an aspect of the criminal complaint against Arbabsiar that argues against the alleged plot being a delusional fantasy, and that is the alleged telephone conversations that Arbabsiar had with Shakuri after his arrest.
Juan, I think you points 7 and 8 are premature. Obama administration officials have given conflicting accounts. A national security official told Mark Hosenball of Reuters, "This was a kill operation":
But Juan, do you think the US and UN allies would have gone to war with Libya were the country not floating on a sea of light sweet crude? For all the differences between the Iraq and Libya wars, oil -- and the desire to control access to it -- is a common factor that cannot be ignored.
A better title for this post would have been "Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 *Americans* Dead." According to the Guardian, the total death toll was 17.
Juan, it should be noted that NATO's action in Libya was much more than a "no-fly" zone: it was a sustained air war against the Libyan state.
Juan, while I agree that this alleged assassination plot seems far fetched, there is an aspect of the criminal complaint against Arbabsiar that argues against the alleged plot being a delusional fantasy, and that is the alleged telephone conversations that Arbabsiar had with Shakuri after his arrest.
Juan, I think you points 7 and 8 are premature. Obama administration officials have given conflicting accounts. A national security official told Mark Hosenball of Reuters, "This was a kill operation":
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/us-binladen-kill-idUSTRE7413H220110502
But Juan, do you think the US and UN allies would have gone to war with Libya were the country not floating on a sea of light sweet crude? For all the differences between the Iraq and Libya wars, oil -- and the desire to control access to it -- is a common factor that cannot be ignored.