To no one’s surprise, some of the missiles fired by the Iranian mullahs’ regime’s forces during recent maneuvers landed near a merchant ship in the Indian Ocean, only 100 miles from the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
The incident was deliberate and aimed at provoking a military escalation with the United States in the Gulf region, some analysts maintained.
I believe that it was, yes, a deliberate incident. However, to me, it was not intended to provoke a military escalation with the US. Several reasons justify that.
First of all: the time factor. The timing seems to have been very carefully picked to orchestrate the incident. The mullahs chose a transition period during which it would be tough for incumbent US President Donald Trump to make a decision in response to the Iranian provocation.
This is not for want of time before the formal transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden. Rather, President Trump has become engulfed in his final days in a sea of troubles as a result of his failure to recognize the possibly questionable results of the recent presidential election, and subsequently by incessant moves by the Democrats to impeach him following the January 6 storming of the Capitol. READ MORE
