Certainty Over Alleged Iranian Assassination Attempt

I read this article from New York Times:


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/us/obama-calls-for-iran-sanctions-following-alleged-plot.html?_r=1&hp

and this article from International Business Times:


http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/230726/20111013/iranian-terror-plot-iran-terror-plot-iran-saudi-arabia-iran-informant-iran-obama.htm#disqus_comment






With a minimal amount of information provided to me about this affair, I was already a bit skeptical. It seems unlikely that the Iranian government would use a Mexican drug pusher to kill a Saudi dignitary on American soil. Even if an observer believes that Iran has the intent of harming other nations', whether they be from the United States or Saudi Arabia, representatives, he/she cannot possibly believe that Iran's government would lack the care and stealth necessary in such a plan.

There are obviously numerous Americans with enough resentment toward Iran that would believe that an assassination plot was drafted. Had it been a more intricate or stealthier plan, I would believe it. But then I would have to believe anything I read on the internet having to do with conspiracy theories and assassination attempts. It is a sort of insult to give the Iranian government credit for this.

Regarding the use of a Mexican drug dealer, I just left my computer and cried for a little. With the amount of security on our southern border these days, and the well-noticed growing problem of drug trafficking in the area, this supposed method, if it can even be considered an option, is the last choice for any official with half of a functioning brain. Using a person with an ethnic background that already sets alarms off in the minds of the Border Patrol is a discussion point that I highly doubt the "How We, the Government of Iran, Will Kill the Saudi Ambassador to the United States on American Soil" conference.

It may just be my ability to get irritated at any far-fetched theory some Americans label as terrorist plots and acts of war against the US, or it could just be common sense. However, if an unbiased attempt at determining the plausibility of this scheme is given, it still would lean towards iplausible. That is just what I think, however.