Associated Press photo
History repeats itself: This image supplied by the U.S. Navy allegedly shows Iranian boats "provoking" U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. Emphasis on "allegedly."
Whom to believe?
The Bush regime claims that Iranian boats swarmed U.S. warships that were lawfully passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. The Iranians claim that the video and audio footage that the Bush regime's military has put forth as proof of the alleged incident -- which, of course, the members of the trigger-happy Bush regime have termed "provocative" (and here, too), since they want provocation from Iran -- is faked.
Whom to believe?
Sadly, if I had to put my money on it, I'd believe the Iranians.
What are the U.S. mainstream media doing to objectively look at both sides? They're just parroting the Bush regime's claims as though it were established fact that of course the members of the Bush regime -- the folks who stole two presidential elections in a row and who lied about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction in order to launch their Vietraq War -- are telling the truth.
The Associated Press dutifully reports that "Iran jumped back into the spotlight Sunday when Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz." The AP didn't report that the Bush regime claimed that Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz; the AP reported as though it were established fact that the Bush regime's claims are true. Nice going, AP! Really responsible reporting there!
I'm no expert on discerning the authenticity of audio and video footage, but it raises my eyebrows that the AP at least reports:
In the four-minute, 20-second video released [yesterday], the Iranian boats appeared to ignore repeated warnings from the U.S. ships, including horn blasts and radio transmissions. The video was shot from the bridge of the destroyer USS Hopper....
The audio and video recordings were made separately but were pulled together by the Navy. Often uneven and shaky, the video condenses what Navy officials have said was a confrontation of about 20 minutes.
Hmmm... Audio and video recordings made separately but put together by the Navy... Uneven and shaky video... Twenty minutes condensed to less than five minutes... Hmmm...
No, really, that's enough evidence for me! Let's start World War III!
P.S. for history buffs!: Read all about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in which the U.S. government fabricated an attack on a U.S. warship by North Vietnam in order to get the United States involved in that war!
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