Canada Is a Logical Target

We have been speculating for several months now internally that if the election in the US created a serious political debate about energy, that something would happen to change the topic back to terrorism. The news this morning could be related. UPI reporting, but ABC news is the source.

U.S. and Canadian intelligence agencies say there's mounting evidence Hezbollah is planning attacks on Jewish targets outside the Middle East.

ABC quotes intelligence officials as saying Hezbollah, backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, has activated sleeper cells in Canada and is seeking revenge for the February assassination of Imad Mugniyah, who died in a Damascus, Syria, car bombing. Israel has denied involvement in the bombing but Hezbollah blames the Jewish state.

The article goes on to name Canada at the top of the list of places where an attack could happen.

Who provides the most oil to the United States? Canadians are pretty smart people, so they probably recognize they are excellent targets of opportunity from asymmetrical forces who don't like the US.

Hezbollah doesn't do anything outside Lebanon without orders from Iran, and the Canadians are an easy target for Iran to jab at the US and Israel with. Canada isn't in Europe, and in the eyes of Iran the US is weak. Canada is one of the few places a terrorist can hit hard, get significant attention in the US, potentially impact the US economically, and still have reasonable expectations of very little blow back.