A few thoughts about the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States:
1. The Iranian activity calls for many paralles with the Iranian hostage crisis that led to the fall of the Carter presiency. The similarity of the Obama's and Carter's foreign policies might be the explanation forthe Iranian intrasurgence.
2. On the other hand, this may be continuation of the Obama's "a la George Bush" policy to boost his national security credentials, in order to improve his re-election chances. The previous steps included the assassination fo Bin Laden (the documentary about which is likely to be released a month before the presidential elections) and the recent assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki.
3. Finally, this might be a pretext for attacking Iran, which makes sense as from the pre-election point of view, as well as due to the recent reports that Iran has passed or about to pass the "point of no return" in its race to building a nuclear weapon.
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