Got this in email from a friend:
"Corbyn has just made an idiot of himself yet again with his comment about Iran."
"Britain should act to ease tensions in the Gulf, not fuel a military escalation that began with US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement. Without credible evidence about the tanker attacks, the government’s rhetoric will only increase the threat of war."
CYCLOPS replied|:
Could Corbyn have stumbled into the truth?
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Corbyn has no idea why it was not IRAN just "can't be,cos USA says it is"
BUT it is plausibly a Saudi black op.
Anything to get Trumpfski sufficiently excited to unleash part of the US military on Iran.
Additional benefits:
- a military confrontation will boost oil prices
- may lead to extended period of Iranian oil taken off the market.
- Distracts from slaughter in Yemen
- Saudi military incompetence and
- Kashoghi cover up.
So there is a plausible counter theory to "it was the Persians wat done it"
CYCLOPS Followed up with:
Once Cyclops asked the obvious CUI BONO question the whole thing becomes murkier.
Fifteen minutes on the web indicates that a host of Israeli,European and US policy analysts are raising questions on the "instant" USA "conclusion".
NEWS WEEK
GERMANY JOINS CHORUS CASTING DOUBT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CLAIM THAT IRAN WAS BEHIND ATTACK ON OIL TANKERS
Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday cast doubt on evidence that the U.S. government claims is proof that Iran was behind an attack this week on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
A second U.S. ally, France, was less committal. While the French Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, it refrained from saying whether its government had assessed the U.S. intelligence or any other evidence. 6/14/19
HAARETZ - Israel
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Oman Attack: Iran Is the Immediate, but Unlikely, Suspect
Zvi Bar'el SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019
IRAN says Mossad
SAUDIS say IRAN or THE HOUTHI
HOUTHI'S silent.Usually quick to claim credit for anything that hurts Saudi
Israeli government says Iran
Israeli leaks to press ask how IRAN benefits?
UK government falls in line with USA
UK intelligence sources privately demur
FRENCH --WAIT AND SEE but understand Latin
GERMANS SCEPTICAL
TURKISH CAUTIOUS
CUI BONO?
The most obvious beneficiaries of the "its them PERSIANS what done it" narrative?
Mohammad bin Salman
It is plausibly a Saudi black op:
Anything to get Trumpfski sufficiently excited to unleash part of the US military on Iran.
Additional benefits:
- a military confrontation will boost oil prices
- may lead to extended period of Iranian oil taken off the market.
- Distracts from slaughter in Yemen and
- Saudi military incompetence and
- Kashoghi cover up.
But CYCLOPS remains cautious awaiting more evidence--from all sides.
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TO ALL: Withhold judgement. Pompeo, John Bolton et al have form.
Rosenstein already behind Barr[s]---geddit?
