Image from source, Raw Story
As I've said many, many times before, I'm immediately suspicious of almost everything that comes out of this administration. I don't know that the Iranian speedboat thing was fake or over-hyped, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
More and more, it would seem that professional journalists and others in the know are feeling the same way. Take a look:
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Iran showdown has echoes of faked Tonkin attack
A dramatic showdown at sea. Crossed communication signals. Apparently-hostile craft nearby. Sketchy intelligence leading to ratcheted up rhetoric.
The similarities between this week's confrontation between US warships and Iranian speedboats and events off the coast of North Vietnam 44 years ago were too hard for many experts to miss, leading to the question: Is the Strait of Hormuz 2008's Gulf of Tonkin?
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