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Source: http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/12/05/cry-havoc-and-let-slip-the-dogs-of-war/
Mysterious Explosions in Iran
(American Interest) Walter Russell Mead - Following a series of mysterious and extremely damaging explosions at Iran's most sensitive nuclear and ballistic missile sites, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been placed on a war footing and strategic materials are being dispersed to secure sites around the country. The Supreme Leader apparently believes that the various mishaps are an orchestrated Israeli or American-led campaign intended to soften Iran up for the final strike. To the degree that the U.S. is involved in these events, the ayatollah is almost surely barking up the wrong tree. This president genuinely does not want a war in Iran. As for the Israelis, it seems unlikely that anyone planning massive military strikes against Iran would begin by smaller, ground-based attacks calculated to set the country on edge and to put its defenders on high alert.