If you look at the mainstream media right now, the biggest story of the day is being treated mostly as an afterthought. It's truly bizarre. I'm speaking, of course, of the attacks on two different tankers in the waters near the Strait of Hormuz that lie between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Two tankers were hit with torpedoes or with surface fire (depending on the report one reads.) They were left burning and were both abandoned by their crews. It is unclear if either will sink. The attack took place as the Japanese prime minister is in Teheran meeting with the Iranian leadership. That's important because both ships had cargoes related to Japan (although even that is not clear from reports.)
So who attacked these ships? Was it the Iranians who have the ability to launch such an attack? They are the likeliest suspects. Was it some terrorist group seeking to get the USA and Iran into a war? That might make sense, but no terrorist group has the capability to launch this sort of simultaneous attack on two different ships. Was it the Saudis in a false flag operation designed to make it look like an Iranian attack? Again, that is possible if one is a true conspiracy theorist, but it is also highly unlikely. There's no way that the Saudis could pull off such an operation in secret without the world finding out. Some crazies will no doubt blame the USA, but that's beyond crazy. We have to wait for evidence, but right now, we have to assume that it was the Iranians.
If it turns out that Iranian forces attacked two ships, including one American flagged ship, in the Gulf, what will the reaction from President Trump be? My prediction is that the response will not be one that the Iranians will like. It also will be one that will send oil prices soaring in the short term and which could lead to a major war in the Middle East.
But the media is treating this as an afterthought. Why?
So who attacked these ships? Was it the Iranians who have the ability to launch such an attack? They are the likeliest suspects. Was it some terrorist group seeking to get the USA and Iran into a war? That might make sense, but no terrorist group has the capability to launch this sort of simultaneous attack on two different ships. Was it the Saudis in a false flag operation designed to make it look like an Iranian attack? Again, that is possible if one is a true conspiracy theorist, but it is also highly unlikely. There's no way that the Saudis could pull off such an operation in secret without the world finding out. Some crazies will no doubt blame the USA, but that's beyond crazy. We have to wait for evidence, but right now, we have to assume that it was the Iranians.
If it turns out that Iranian forces attacked two ships, including one American flagged ship, in the Gulf, what will the reaction from President Trump be? My prediction is that the response will not be one that the Iranians will like. It also will be one that will send oil prices soaring in the short term and which could lead to a major war in the Middle East.
But the media is treating this as an afterthought. Why?
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