President Trump has reported on Thursday that the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault vehicle, attacked and destroyed an Iranian drone. The attack occurred in the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump said it was self-defense.
Trump said the drone was about 1,000 yards away from the ship at the time, and was “immediately destroyed.” He called the US destruction of the drone a response to an Iranian “provocative and hostile action.”
This comes nearly a month after Iran shot down a US drone, in the same region, a move which President Trump almost used as a pretext to attack Iran outright, but called off at the last minute.
It is noteworthy that Trump presented Iran’s shootdown of a US drone as an aggressive act, and the US shootdown of an Iranian drone in the same area under the same circumstances as Iran’s fault.
Absurd. This is sheer mirror image reporting. US warships on the doorstep of Iran is a serious and dangerous provocation that may lead to WWIII. U S has no business there at the other end of the world and calm will return if they just leave.
This may be an “OK now everyone is even” ploy for face-saving before the serious negotiations to end these confrontations begin.
And the Democratic candidates for President go on babbling as if nothing happens outside the US. They are as dangerous as Trump.
Live: IRGC releases footage stressing “no drone’s been lost to enemy fire” over Strait of Hormuz
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not that, this: https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/19/601318/Iran-drone-footage-USS-Boxer
Here is Iran’s proof they did not approach 1,00 feet, the drone returned, it was not shot down. US lied. https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/19/601318/Iran-drone-footage-USS-Boxer
Just more “tit-for-tat”. The real moves will come when Trump decides to actually blockade Iran’s oil shipments physically in the Gulf.