I’m concerned that this incident is the sort of thing that could plunge us into war willy-nilly, especially since the channels of communications between the U. S. and Iran aren’t particularly good:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian forces fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz, boarded the ship and directed it toward the Iranian mainland, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.
The incident with the MV Maersk Tigris, which prompted the U.S. Navy to dispatch a destroyer and a plane in response, comes at a critical time in Iran’s relations with its neighbors and the United States.
Somebody lets off a stray shot or thinks the other guy shot at him and suddenly it’s a real shootin’ war. There’s a lot of ship traffic in the Gulf and a significant number of naval vessels.
