Provocations Against Iran Follow a Rich Tradition

"The apparent Israeli-U.S. covert operations to inhibit Iran’s missile and alleged nuclear weapons programs—using assassinations, computer worms, faulty parts, exploding factories, etc.—very likely has a secondary objective as well. When Iran haplessly and publicly vows revenge and retaliates—as it seemingly has with ham-handed attempts to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador in the United States and car bombings of Israeli embassy personnel in the countries of India and Georgia—it allows Israel and the United States to further hype the limited Iranian threat to either country. By inflating the threat, both countries can better justify any future military strike on Iran."