All one need do in any situation such as this is to examine how the action serves one's self-interest. Japan is a large energy customer for Iran. Iran is Japan's 3rd largest energy supplier. Where is the self-interest served by attacking one's customer?
Fair enough....I guess. I doubt Iran said they didn't know....did they? I mean, they haven't admitted to doing it. So, who exactly knows Iran didn't know who they were attacking? It's more of the same. It's the same fucking MSM lying.
Regardless, show me the self interest for Iran to randomly attack oil tankers on the eve of US warhawks beating the drum of war against Iran.
Iran said if they aren't allowed to sell their oil they will prevent anyone from selling oil. The US revoked exemptions from countries we allowed to avoid sanction for buying Iranian oil. As soon as that happened oil infrastructure all over the region suddenly was getting attacked. Not just the tankers but pipelines and refining facilities as well.
Recent enough but they have done it again since then. The trigger for all this is Trump recently removed exemptions for some nations on buying Iranian oil. As soon as he did that all of a sudden oil infrastructure all over the region starts getting attacked.
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Planetoftheclown ago
All one need do in any situation such as this is to examine how the action serves one's self-interest. Japan is a large energy customer for Iran. Iran is Japan's 3rd largest energy supplier. Where is the self-interest served by attacking one's customer?
speedisavirus ago
The ship wasn't Japanese flagged. The idiots probably didn't realize it was Japanese
Planetoftheclown ago
Fair enough....I guess. I doubt Iran said they didn't know....did they? I mean, they haven't admitted to doing it. So, who exactly knows Iran didn't know who they were attacking? It's more of the same. It's the same fucking MSM lying.
Regardless, show me the self interest for Iran to randomly attack oil tankers on the eve of US warhawks beating the drum of war against Iran.
speedisavirus ago
Iran said if they aren't allowed to sell their oil they will prevent anyone from selling oil. The US revoked exemptions from countries we allowed to avoid sanction for buying Iranian oil. As soon as that happened oil infrastructure all over the region suddenly was getting attacked. Not just the tankers but pipelines and refining facilities as well.
Planetoftheclown ago
I'm not downvoting you. I'm genuinely interested in the topic. Since I'm not able to find such a threat from Iran, can you help me?
speedisavirus ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/iran-retaliate-us-oil-threats-eu-visit-hassan-rouhani-trump
Recent enough but they have done it again since then. The trigger for all this is Trump recently removed exemptions for some nations on buying Iranian oil. As soon as he did that all of a sudden oil infrastructure all over the region starts getting attacked.
Planetoftheclown ago
Fair enough. I'm still skeptical. We're hearing of the attacks after the drums of war are beating.