Ugh, I can't watch anymore Pompeo or read any more Trump or Bolton, I'm done. Looking forward to the coming international forensics. Usually a lot left over when a missile hits, if crew was correct that is.
Pity that video was so shoddy, def looks like P-8 cam footage and not a nice modern drone's feed. I watched it several times, what is this 1998? Anyone know of any other feeds regarding this incident?
Anyway, before someone throws a fit, at this point I'm leaning towards the likes of Bolton and Pompeo trying to get their war, or at least get Iran back to the table on their terms. Higher gas prices would just mean more money for their friends, also Putin, with LNG too. Still, like I said, face has a lot to do with politics. I can kinda see why Iran would expend minimal effort in showing the world the crucial energy link there is still under their thumb, especially after our fleet build up last month. In this case, perhaps they found a way to do it where China, their main benefactor, would be less inclined to complain. Maybe even throw'em a bone. One ship is Japanese and the other was bound for Taiwan. I can certainly see how China would be ok with the US Navy having to focus on the Middle East for awhile, just saying.
Saw this over at The Washington Post, and it worries me:
"But Pompeo sees it differently, according to U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and Matt Gaetz, a Republican, who said Thursday they have heard the secretary of state argue in briefings that the administration can authorize war on Iran."
Makes me think back to those Rumsfeld and Cheney days, when they took a child by the hand and led him and the country off to war.
Pity that video was so shoddy, def looks like P-8 cam footage and not a nice modern drone's feed. I watched it several times, what is this 1998? Anyone know of any other feeds regarding this incident?
Anyway, before someone throws a fit, at this point I'm leaning towards the likes of Bolton and Pompeo trying to get their war, or at least get Iran back to the table on their terms. Higher gas prices would just mean more money for their friends, also Putin, with LNG too. Still, like I said, face has a lot to do with politics. I can kinda see why Iran would expend minimal effort in showing the world the crucial energy link there is still under their thumb, especially after our fleet build up last month. In this case, perhaps they found a way to do it where China, their main benefactor, would be less inclined to complain. Maybe even throw'em a bone. One ship is Japanese and the other was bound for Taiwan. I can certainly see how China would be ok with the US Navy having to focus on the Middle East for awhile, just saying.
Saw this over at The Washington Post, and it worries me:
"But Pompeo sees it differently, according to U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and Matt Gaetz, a Republican, who said Thursday they have heard the secretary of state argue in briefings that the administration can authorize war on Iran."
Makes me think back to those Rumsfeld and Cheney days, when they took a child by the hand and led him and the country off to war.
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