Why would the Iranians want to assassinate our ambassador to SA? Does anybody care about SA? Nobody would give a hoot.
That’s kind of a good question. I had no idea this was a problem before reading this.
gmta. Why?
“Why would the Iranians want to assassinate our ambassador to SA? Does anybody care about SA? Nobody would give a hoot.”
Trump nominated Linda Marks and she has been in office since January. My guess is they selected her for perceived personal connections to Trump. Also, it’s possible they have sufficient state controlled assets in place in SA to carry off an assassination. Any other country would be a hassle. In SA all they have to do is add it to the agenda.
I suspect the plan would be to have a proxy do it so they could claim both credit and that they didn’t do it directly. I don’t think their reasoning would stop Trump from working over some targets deep in Iran. It’s an election year and it would be a gift to him if he had a legitimate reason to bomb the Hell out of some oil refineries and storage tanks.
The key word is “Ambassador”.The murder of *any* of our top diplomats would create headlines worldwide...perhaps they figure that it would be easier in SA for whatever reason.
“Why would the Iranians want to assassinate our ambassador to SA? Does anybody care about SA? Nobody would give a hoot.”
I’d assume logistics, and chance of success. They’ll go after the easiest target, and apparently they’ve seen something that suggests the ambassador fits the bill.
Lana Marks is a close friend of President Trump. Marks has known Trump for more than 20 years and joined his Mar-a-Lago club in 2010. According to Marks, she joined because other country clubs in Palm Beach did not admit Jewish members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks
Why would the Iranians want to assassinate our ambassador to SA
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Target of opportunity