By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
There was a terrorist attack in New Delhi, India yesterday that targeted Israeli embassy personnel. Two Israelis were injured when their minivan left the embassy en route to pick up school children.
At the very same moment in Tbilisi, Georgia a bomb was discovered in the car of an Israeli embassy employee. The bomb was disarmed and no one was hurt.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu blamed Iran and Hezbollah for these attacks and for other recent attempted attacks against Israeli diplomats in Azerbaijan and Thailand.
Iran lashed back. Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast said: "The Zionist regime has a high record of criminal actions against humanity and it is the first suspect of any terrorist operation in the world." "Tehran condemns terrorism in the strongest terms as Iran has been a victim of terrorism."
Understanding Iran's response is critical in understanding Iran's character.
Iran wants to condemn terror. Iran wants to appear above it all. Iran wants it to appear as if they, too, are victims of terror.
Most of all, and this is as popular a theme for Iran as it is bewildering for us - Iran wants it to be known that Israel is a terror sponsor. Iran is now claiming that Israel attacked Israelis - in order to make Iran look bad.
The Iranians are building a foundation of conspiracy. It is the same theme with a few variations that Iran circulated after 9-11.
This logic is very popular in the Muslim world.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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