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Eugene

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4. Not a problem. Just put U.S. flags on them just like 1988.

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2019, 01:05 PM

May 2019

Late in the Iran-Iraq War, Iran tried to stop Arab tankers in the Straits of Hormuz. The U.S. allowed Kuwait to re-flag its tankers and put American crews on them. U.S. got pulled into a low-level shooting war with Iran that climaxed with the shootdown of an Iranian airliner.

This has happened before.

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U.S. warns merchant ships of possible Iranian attacks in Middle East [View all] Eugene May 2019 OP

The merchant ships will continue to Iliyah May 2019 #1

Most of those ships are not U.S. flag vessels. n/t cloudbase May 2019 #2

A point that didn't seem to matter SoCalNative May 2019 #3

Not a problem. Just put U.S. flags on them just like 1988. Eugene May 2019 #4