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2w ago

Exclusive: Iran made preparations to mine the Strait of Hormuz, US sources say

www.reuters.com

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The two officials said the U.S. government has not ruled out the possibility that loading the mines was a ruse. The Iranians could have prepared the mines to convince Washington that Tehran was serious about closing the strait, but without intending to do so, the officials said.
Oh god that is some delicious copium. "They were probably bluffing but we backed down anyways"
- As if mines hadn’t been prepared and staged to be deployed for this very scenario forever ago.
- To be fair the Iranians put themselves in this position by enriching uranium beyond their needs and teasing getting a nuclear weapon without ever getting one or intending to get one likely entirely as part of positioning themselves better for bargaining after losing JCPOA. So it wouldn’t be a first and this is why you shouldn’t act that way.
  
  What??? The only part of this that makes sense is they should have gotten a nuke finished way earlier. Saying the Iranians put themself in this position is ridiculous though. The US narrative about Iran being close to a nuke is just that a narrative. They'd have bombed Iran and claimed they were making nukes even if Iran didnt have a spec of Uranium. See Iraq for an example.