Soldato
Because the leaders are power mad and they always want more.
Non sequitur. Re-read my post. You talked about the population being indoctrinated.
Because the leaders are power mad and they always want more.
We have supported ISIS, Al Quaeda.
Are the leaders of the West crazy and irrational, by comparison, though?Don't assume that the leaders of Iran are stupid or crazy. They're perfectly rational.
Wouldn't shock me if that US surveillance plane followed that boat back to its base, given the boat type used, the equipment and how the guys are dressed it wouldn't be hard to draw a conculsion as to who has done it.
For the American people? No. For soldiers? No. For factions and individuals within the USA who could gain financially or politically and are in positions of influence?
There are enemies of Iran with this capability that would be happy to force the USA's hand. Israel, Saudi Arabia. False Flag by someone other than the USA is a very real possibility.
Wouldn't shock me if that US surveillance plane followed that boat back to its base, given the boat type used, the equipment and how the guys are dressed it wouldn't be hard to draw a conculsion as to who has done it.
The problem is that Trump and his administration lies, constantly, about everything so any actual facts would be difficult to differentiate from fiction.
During my career I’ve probably spent about two months in the anchorage at Fujairah on vessels awaiting orders, and it’s the norm there for the place to be awash with small local boats and skiffs fishing, totally unchecked, so it’d be pretty easy for someone on one of those to attach something to a ship’s hull.
The boats are actually a pain in the ****, they come right up alongside the ship to catch the fish coming up to feed on marine growth on the hull, and often tie a line to the anchor chain, rudder stock or propeller to keep themselves in place while they fish, causing delays when you need to heave up the anchor and go.
Who would want to eat a fish that has been feeding on marine growth growing on a TBT or copper anti-fouled hull. Can't be good for you.
They should, I don't think it would be too difficult. The footage looks like it's from an aircraft but it could be from a stationary camera with good range too (either on dry land or ship mounted). The fact is, the US have numerous bases all within minutes flight of the incident. It wouldn't be difficult to get surveillance up over the top, so it's interesting if they don't release more footage to put aside any doubts.so why not show it? remove all doubt?
Just did a smol search and humorously found out that the US actually did a wargame with the Iranian's post 1980's tactics and 'lost' 16 ships (plus carrier) to small boats and missiles.
Sadly thats not quite a the real story. While the US did lose (and they really should learn from such things) the Opposing Force (OpFor) Commander used problems within the simulation to bypass reality, so ships/aircraft that were far too small to carry the missiles being fired or had no targeting capability (talking speed boats/cessna's firing 30ft 5 ton missiles) yet were still able to launch missiles at the US ships, messages sent by "bicycle" (after the Iranian comms network was destroyed) still travelled at the speed of radio message, US ships starting the exercise already positioned at point-blank range rather than stand-off as per reality etc proving the simulation was "broke".
There was a big wash-up afterwards when the OpFor Commander (ex-USMC) was "forced" to stick to reality (and had to stick to a script which was a mistake I feel) and the result was much more favourable to the US however the results still showed that the US was far too inflexible and thought of itself as infallible when faced with asymmetric threats. The OpFor Commander wrote a very strongly worded assessment of that inflexability/superiority complex and how it "will" cost lives IRL.
https://www.wikizero.com/en/Talk:Millennium_Challenge_2002
Absolutely. Sanctions have seen their exports suffer by about a third. I think Iran are stepping up to acts of aggression because they simply have nowhere else to go/patience wearing out.So I think Iran is using these attacks to as a bargaining chip to force the US into reducing Sanctions (Hey, reduce sanctions and we'll stop) .
There are no holes in Western accounts of the Douma incident (which are consistent with local accounts, and independent.
Yes there is. The independent Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found clear evidence of a chemical attack, as did the UN Commission of Enquiry on Syria.
Don't assume that the leaders of Iran are stupid or crazy. They're perfectly rational..