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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Saudi Arabia is an enemy, Israel is an enemy. Iran wants to lead the Islamic world, and they don't want Turkey or Saudi Arabia to do it. Iran seems eager (or at least, some elements of the government do) to flex their "muscles" and to try to instigate actions, like they've been doing in Iraq. If it was an attempt at terrorism (which it seems to be), it would also have the same purposes as any other terrorist attack. An exporter of terror exports terror, after all.
Perhaps whoever in the Iranian government that was behind this felt Iran was ready to instigate covert action on US soil? A rogue element of their Quds special forces?
An interesting quote:
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This could also be more about internal Iranian politics than "striking at the enemy". Doing it on US soil would achieve all of the above. It's a big risk to take, especially if Obama decides it's good politics to do some bombing in the Middle East...