{"id":67987,"date":"2011-10-17T23:32:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T03:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/67987\/theory-iranian-plot-assisinate-saudi-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2011-10-17T23:32:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T03:32:50","slug":"theory-iranian-plot-assisinate-saudi-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/67987\/theory-iranian-plot-assisinate-saudi-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"My Theory Behind the “Iranian” Plot to Assassinate the Saudi Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Okay, I will assume you’ve heard about this story<\/a>, a plot uncovered by the USA to assassinate this handsome gentleman here, the Saudi envoy to America. <\/font><\/p>\n


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It is such a weird <\/strong>story.\u00a0 The plotter, supposedly acting on behalf of an elite element of the Iranian military, transferred $100,000 from an account associated with that element to pay a member of a Mexican drug cartel to kill the Saudi in a very public place.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"Some people think it’s too weird to be plausible.\u00a0 Too many red flags. The plotter was a ne’erd’well cretin who never expressed any interest in politics or religion. He drank.\u00a0 He smoked. He chased women.\u00a0 Not exactly the prototypical agent of the Islamic Republic of Iran.\u00a0 Most damning of all, he was a used car salesman. <\/font><\/p>\n

Was it a set-up by American or Israeli interests in order to justify an attack on Iran?<\/font><\/p>\n

Was it a ham-handed attempt by a rogue element within Iran to act against the establishment Mullahs or rulers?<\/font><\/p>\n

Was it an attempt by Iran to drive a wedge between the already fragile relationship between Saudi Arabia and the USA?<\/font><\/p>\n

If it is this third motive, which is sort of what the “official” story is, I am so confused, as there is no way this assassination would accomplish that goal.\u00a0 In fact, it would only bring the USA and Saudi Arabia closer together.\u00a0 We would work together to track down those responsible, and eventually this would lead to Iran. <\/font><\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia would retaliate economically.\u00a0 See, they’re rich.\u00a0 Iran is poorer.\u00a0 All Saudi Arabia would have to do to seriously damage Iran would be to unilaterally increase their oil production, something they’re perfectly capable of doing, thus driving down oil prices, seriously impacting Iran and hurting Saudi Arabia only marginally. An assassination of their ambassador to the world’s sole superpower would give them the justification they would need to engage in this kind of economic warfare.
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Now, just think WHO benefits economically from dropping oil prices?\u00a0 Well, to some extent, in the short term, we all do, but the major world corporations most.\u00a0 A period of cheap petroleum would seriously inhibit the growth of alternative energy sources.\u00a0 Gasoline prices never completely mirror the price of crude oil, and if oil prices dropped by half, we might see a (much welcomed) 25 to 30% drop in gas prices.\u00a0 Guess who pads their margin while stifling technologies that may eventually replace their product?\u00a0 Big oil. <\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"Look, I’ve never been much of a conspiracy theorist.\u00a0 I scoff at those who quickly blame the New World Order, the Bildenberg Group or whatever the shadowy illuminati d’jour happens to be.\u00a0 At the same time, I think the world’s largest corporations share interests and have, in this world, such tremendous power that they could easily choose to dabble in world politics.\u00a0 You take that kind of power, and the opportunity, and the whole idea of big corporations transcending nation-states and pulling the strings and becoming world players beyond their business-only charters becomes not just plausible but inevitable<\/strong>.<\/font><\/p>\n

So, given all the weird complexities and unexplained inconsistencies in this story, instead of looking at WHY any nation, intelligence agency or 5th column would plan such a plot, look instead to what WOULD have happened had it been successful.\u00a0 Oil glut.\u00a0 Even further record corporate profits. <\/font><\/p>\n

I use this monologue when I audition for dramatic stage roles.\u00a0 It was written 35 years ago, but is perhaps before it’s time.\u00a0 Today is it’s time. <\/font><\/p>\n


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Network (1976) – Best Scene<\/a> – The best video clips are right here<\/a><\/div>\n

I can’t find an “embeddable” FULL version of Ned Beatty’s speech in the movie Network, but the long version, seen here<\/a>, is well worth watching.
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So, what do you think?\u00a0 Whose really behind this ridiculous plot?
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Me? Conspiracy theories? Never! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1428,25],"tags":[2198,81,4371,2638],"class_list":["post-67987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics-2","category-world","tag-iran","tag-joko","tag-plot","tag-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}