Barely have Britain and the United States extricated themselves from a messy, costly and questionable war in Iraq than both nations are flexing their muscles again over its neighbour, Iran.
In the past few weeks the US Fifth Fleet has warned it will not allow Iran to disrupt shipping – a euphemism for oil supplies – in the Strait of Hormuz. In turn, Iran test-fires its medium-range missiles, conducts naval exercises and makes clear it will have no hesitation taking action should US warships return to the Persian Gulf.
Sense must prevail to avoid Iran catastrophe
THREATS and counter-threats.
Barely have Britain and the United States extricated themselves from a messy, costly and questionable war in Iraq than both nations are flexing their muscles again over its neighbour, Iran.
In the past few weeks the US Fifth Fleet has warned it will not allow Iran to disrupt shipping – a euphemism for oil supplies – in the Strait of Hormuz. In turn, Iran test-fires its medium-range missiles, conducts naval exercises and makes clear it will have no hesitation taking action should US warships return to the Persian Gulf.
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