Iran would like the world to think that the attacks on two tankers off its Gulf coast are shrouded in uncertainty. "Suspicious doesn't begin to describe what transpired this morning," said Iran's Foreign Minister Javid Zarif in his first tweet following the brazen high-seas assault on civilian shipping.
The US thinks the matter is a lot clearer. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pinned the blame firmly on Iran, based on "intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping" and more.
Later, US Central Command released a video that claims to show an Iranian navy boat removing an unexploded mine from the hull of the Japanese-owned chemical tanker Kokura Courageous.
Let's just set aside both sides' claims for a moment and apply some logic.
