A Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Gulf of Oman? | RealClearPolitics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : What makes the attack puzzling is its timing, as it occurred just days before the inauguration of the newly elected president of Iran, the ultraconservative hardliner Ebrahim Raisi.
42% : "They can't sit calmly in Tehran while igniting the entire Middle East
39% : Would Raisi put at risk his principal diplomatic goal, just to get even with Israel for some earlier pinprick strike in the tit-for-tat war in which Iran and Israel have been engaged for years?
36% : Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said action against Iran should be taken "right now."
36% : The world needs to take action against Iran now."
36% : Whoever launched the drone strike sought to ensure that no new U.S.-Iran deal is consummated, that U.S. sanctions remain in place, and that a U.S. war with Iran remain a possibility.
35% : For years, Israel and Iran have been in a shadow war, with Iran backing Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and the Shia militia in Syria and Iraq.
35% : Those behind this attack on the Israeli-owned vessel do not want to reduce the possibility of war between the United States and Iran.
34% : Thursday, Gantz went further: "Israel is ready to attack Iran, yes. ...
34% : We are at a point where we need to take military action against Iran.
34% : But, again, why would Tehran carry out such a drone attack and kill crewmen on an Israeli-owned vessel -- then loudly deny it?
33% : "We are confident that Iran conducted this attack," said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
33% : With America leaving Afghanistan and U.S. troops in Iraq transiting out of any "combat" role, now is not the time to get us ensnared in a new war with Iran.
30% : Britain and the U.S. immediately blamed Iran, and the Israelis began to beat the war drums.
30% : President Joe Biden's diplomatic goal with Iran, since taking office, has been the resurrection of the 2015 nuclear deal from which former President Donald Trump walked away.

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