Quote (bogie160 @ 14 Jun 2019 13:51)
Please try to stay on topic.
Iran has a history of these attacks. Iran has threatened to derail oil shipping in the strait. Declining oil sales make higher oil prices a priority. Iran has limited control over the IRG, which has significant autonomy within the Iranian state. The attack was carried out in an IRG boat with what look like Iranian actors.
yeah, because slightly higher oil prices are certainly worth giving americans, who are just waiting for a reason to start a war with your country, the public 'justification' to do so - especially after both rouhani and khamenei made it abundantly clear they are, despite the crushing sanctions and constant provocations, not interested in military conflict...
i'm curious, when you say 'IRG boat' and 'Iranian actors' - what makes you say that? how did you identify that, what do you base those conclusions on?