No Threat from Iranian Boats

[Bad as the misinformation was, worse was Bush's use of it to add to threats against Iran. The next president will have a good bit of junk to clear away to make peace in the Middle East. Ed Kent]

Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011108J.shtml
Gareth Porter reports for Inter Press Service, "Despite the official and media portrayal of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz early Monday morning as a serious threat to US ships from Iranian speedboats that nearly resulted in a 'battle at sea,' new information over the past three days suggests that the incident did not involve such a threat and that no US commander was on the verge of firing at the Iranian boats."
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
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