The US-Iran conflict has reached a dramatic new flashpoint at sea. The US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian cargo ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman, firing on the vessel after the Iranian crew refused repeated warnings to stop. Iran has responded with fury, seizing commercial ships of its own and vowing full retaliation pushing the world’s most important oil waterway into its deepest crisis in decades. Background: How Did We Get Here? The current Iran US oil tanker standoff did not happen overnight. It is…
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