The Gulf of Tonkin and the Strait of Hormuz

"As the U.S. government continues to demonstrate its inability to learn from history, an alarming report from the Strait of Hormuz was broadcast to the world on January 7. The Associated Press reported the following: "In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels." These Iranian ships are believed to part of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's navy, the organization that the U.S. Congress officially decreed a 'terrorist' organization."

U.S. says Iranian gunboats harassed warships

"Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats harassed three U.S. Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, in what the U.S. military considers a "significant provocative act.""

Can you say, "Tonkin Gulf" sports fans? ~ I knew you could. Maybe this is the justification Bush and Olmert cooked up to attack Iran while he's "visiting the Middle East".

For those of you too young to remember or who are informed, see the below posting on the Gulf of Tonkin lie that helped to launched the Vietman war.