Mike Pompeo, Amnesiac, Calls Iran’s Latest Tanker Attacks ‘Unprovoked’
It's official: The US is blaming Iran for Thursday's incident in the Persian Gulf.
Mike Pompeo made the announcement in a briefing, during which he said concerns would be raised at the UN Security Council.
The attacks crippled a pair of oil tankers, sent oil prices surging and marked the second such episode in a month. That one of the tankers was Japanese-operated is notable, considering the Trump administration had implicitly blessed Shinzo Abe's planned efforts at diplomacy.
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Pompeo ignored the Iranian denial of responsibility as Rouhani is obviously not as credible and trustworthy as Putin or Kim. No doubt Netanyahu is sitting there saying “I told you so”, that’s why you need to vote for me again and ignore the indictments. Or am I being too cynical?
no, i mean, this is a case where the false flag thing isn’t entirely unrealistic (whether re: the Saudis or the Israelis), but my point is simply that Occam’s razor applies: the simplest answer is that Iran is furious and they’re flexing their muscles in the Strait just like they said they were going to do. obviously they’re not going to admit to sabotage, but this is, in fact, something they’d definitely do. so, it’s not that “false flag” is silly in this case (as it is in almost every other case), it’s just that i don’t think you need it to explain what happened.
Having served in a war in service to the economy and oil profiteers, this is a false flag in my opinion. It is a stupid premise that Iran would wear identifying clothing to remove a evidence (the un-exploded mine). We are a country of meat heads if we buy that bull shit. Further when Pompouseo attempts to disarm with we do not want or need a war, that is all part of the con.