Here's why...

1) Because Iran is the nation that has been the focus of attention for us all for many months. You call it conspiracy if you want but I am not the one that has been rattling the saber so (*)(*)(*)(*)ed hard for about 7 years now.

The fact that the US, Israel, (and to some extent or another Great Britain), have Iran in their cross hairs is no secret.

Or are you really going to try and deny that to an informed crowd like this one?

2) I say Iran because they were the nation most affected by the cable cuts.

At one time earlier in the attack IP traffic to Iran was scorering 100% packet loss (but now Iran is back on line but with greatly reduced traffic)

"Lucky for them???" they managed to find some helpful American ISPs willing to route their traffic through continental USA.

Do I really have to spell out how nice and convenient the NSA will find all that Iranian traffic now flowing through lines directly controlled by us?

Are you really going to try and say you don't think they will eavesdrop to their hearts content on that traffic?

Here you say...

[quote=skeptic-f;425761] "but you haven't managed to make a logical connection between that event and Iran."

I posted an official Iranian government press release announcing their new oil bourse was to open between the 1st of Feb 2008 and the 10th of Feb 2008.

And Iran's Internet access during that very period is magically cut. I suppose the timing on that is just another coincidence for you too.

Many many different reputable financial papers here in the US and all over the world including even the WSJ have commented about "the Death of the Dollar" and have made numerous mentions about how new bourses in Russia, China, the UAE, Dubai, and two speculative new bourses (the Iranian one about to open) and (the OPEC collective bourse that is as yet just a project in planning) all of these new oil bourses have put great pressure on the American owned and US dollar valuated London based ICE and the American owned and US dollar valuated New York based NYMEX and have led to many countries seeking better contract terms with these new competitors using more stable Remembi, Yen, and Euros.

All of that is straight out of the World's financial papers for over a year now.

And you accuse me of not making a "logical argument?"

If it was logical enough for numerous reputable financial op-eds to focus on the phenomenon it is logical enough for me to use the same arguments.

You yourself indicate that having so many cable cuts in rapid succession and in such close geography is at least a little fishy.

At least we won't have to argue over that one point but it sounds as though you are the sort that would argue the point even if Navy Seals were recorded doing it (and freely admitted it.)

It's not that you can't see the pattern here or even that you really deny it. You just find it convenient to deny it because you want it to be true and you want the effort to be successful. You want an expanded war and most likely such an event will even fatten your stock portfolio if it does happen.

"There's a Conspiracy area for posts of that sort of groundless linking of events."

There are plenty of op-eds all over the world pointing the same fingers I am.

This may have the generic feel of a conspiracy theory to you but it doesn't change the facts that something very fishy is going on and I think we all know it.

Regardless, who is right and who is wrong on this matter will be apparent soon enough.

What better time to have a little military fiasco than when the attention of most of the World is glued to the events of Super Tuesday?

I just wonder what you will say if a 5th or a 6th cable is cut?

I guess just mark it up as another coincidence.

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