" One also, therefore, wonders if these planned bombings were supposed to be a diversion from something planned for 23 August."
Personally, I think it's the 22nd, but that withstanding, you are right on the mark!!!
Iran learned from Afganistan that the US will do something about it. Therefore they must have something very serious up their turbans real close after launching something on this scale.
I think one of the dots not being connected is Hugo Chavez's trip to N.Korea and Iran. N.Korea has uranium warheads but can't fly a missile straight. Iran has missles but no nuclear warheads. Hugo...transport them.
But wait...if Iran uses one of them on, say, Tel Aviv wouldn't the US still retaliate? Not if, say, Iran was able to convience the US that one or more of it's cities had devices ready to blow! Which city do you evacuate? For how long?
Once Iran drops a bomb they know they have to be taken seriously. Are we willing to risk losing a couple of major cities to help the Israeli's?
That is their gamble...I think that's their game.
They also know that we might just do something (since the cities are all liberal anyway [blue states] and we have a red state President)...but then we have a civil war on our hands. Again to their advantage.
I fear that the "end game" is Hugo Chavez has the missles and launchers.
Would connect a lot of dots.
And from what some guy on Beck's show said last night, the prophecy about the coming of the 12 Iman involves something to do with persecution coming to Iran first before the 12th Iman can return. So the crazy Iranian President may be trying to provoke an attack on his country.
(P.S. I haven't looked up the part about the coming of the 12th Iman, but intend to, and verify what the guest on Beck's show said.)
I hate to say it, but this whole things sounds like a bad season of "24" (if there was such a thing).
We need Jack Bauer now more than ever!! :)
Can Iranian missiles reach the US mainland from Venezuela?