In a December 1 editorial, the New York Post editorial board wrote “here's hoping” the United States is behind recent drive-by bombings of Iranian scientists. From the editorial:
Who is killing the great nuclear scientists of Iran?
Who cares?
That is, as long as enough of them are offed to stymie development of a deliverable Iranian nuke.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he knows who's behind the recent drive-by bombings of the scientists. He sees “the hand of the Zionist regime and Western governments” -- by which he means Israel and the United States.
Maybe. (The answer will no doubt be in the next WikiLeaks dump.)
According to news reports, unidentified assailants riding motorcycles carried out two bombings in Tehran on Monday, attaching explosives to the scientists' cars and detonating them remotely.
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If the US government has finally come to realize that a more hands-on approach is needed -- and, as the latest WikiLeaks disclosures show, Washington is being pressed hard by a clearly terrified Arab world -- that's all to the good.
