(CNN) -- Even before the smoke had cleared from a series of bombings in the Thai capital of Bangkok Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak blamed Iran for the incident, as well as the attacks against Israeli diplomats in Delhi and Georgia two days ago. "The attempted terror attack in Thailand proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to operate in the ways of terror and the latest attacks are an example of that," he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed. "In recent months, we have witnessed several attempts to attack Israeli citizens and Jews in several countries, including Azerbaijan, Thailand and others. Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, were behind all of these attempted attacks."
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Quaglia: Bangkok suspects not involved in a sophisticated, state-financed terrorist attack
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Quaglia: Attack was amateurish operation with little advance planning for contingencies
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Quaglia: It's possible Iran is seeking to modulate its retaliation for murder of its scientists
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Quaglia: Iran may have leveraged "B-Team" contacts to attack Israeli diplomats
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But the three men allegedly responsible for the Bangkok bombings can hardly be considered professional, hard-core @placeholder terrorists.
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Iran with an atomic weapon has been an @placeholder "red-line" for several decades.
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But outsourcing terrorist attacks on Israeli targets to semi-incompetent subcontractors gives Iran neither plausible deniability nor direct control to dial-down the scope of retaliation to avoid handing the @placeholder a chance to respond strategically.
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The Bangkok suspects were carrying @placeholder passports -- not false documents.
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@placeholder's second terrorism wake-up call rang out Tuesday afternoon in Bangkok.
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Whether @placeholder officials respond or simply hit the snooze button and continue to believe "it could never happen here," remains to be seen.