Iran again

What will it take? What atrocity will this government, not even country, have to commit in order for the rest of the world to decide they, the members of the government, are not worth saving? The people of Iran will suffer greatly at the hands of their government whether it be directly, or when they finally piss China or Russia off. Thank goodness Iran is a hair's width from developing nuclear weapons. Maybe they will drop a set of balls and push the world over the edge.

The FBI and DEA have disrupted a plot by elements of Iran's government to kill the Saudi ambassador to U.S. on American soil, a senior U.S. official says.
The official says the plot involved assassinating the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir.
Details of the alleged plot were first reported by ABC News.
Watch a Department of Justice briefing live on CNNTV.

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Iran denies it. There is something in the news about 1.5 million dollars changing hands for the hit.

The U. S. will apparently not declare war on Iran. There is some mention of further sanctions. That should whip the Iranian government in to line. I mean, if this isn't an act of war, what is? Is there such a thing any more? If this were a hundred years ago, there would be no doubt what the U. S. would do. The U. S. has promised protection of the Saudi ambassador. I wish I knew history better. My memory tels me that attempted murder of a foreign government's representative on your soil was at some point a guarantee of war.

Have we matured, or become weak and complacent? At some point, after the piss-ant countries have their way with us, a real rival is going to challenge us. When this happens, we will roll over and die, or not. Which will it be?