Fabricating a pretext for war is a multipurpose endeavour, it serves many functions, and war is often not even the objective.
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Personally, I do not believe for a moment that Iran is responsible for the recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf. They have nothing to gain by it, and a lot to lose. Nothing like this has been done by Iran since the second Gulf War, and there is no reason for them to…