Washington Will Increase Military Presence in the Persian Gulf

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This is serious stuff. Back in 2020, Trump ordered the brazen attack that killed a military commander of Iran, and they vowed revenge. CNN

In the article posted on this page (by Drewski), I learn that the US seized a ship, in April 2023, carrying Iranian oil to China, not just making Iran angry, but provoking the dragon also.

In April, Washington seized the Suez Rajan, a tanker carrying Iranian oil to China. Five days later, Iran confiscated a US-bound Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, the Advantage Sweet, in the Persian Gulf. An American official told the Financial Times the seizure “appears to be in retaliation for a prior US seizure of Iranian oil.”

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smart move. it's a very unstable place, with ships under constant threat of piracy, of being boarded by hostile nations, nations that should be securing the zone, but instead choose to take advantage of the chaos.