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Fluorescence | 2 months ago

Did the the camel gain a single stalk when the Vincennes crossed into Iranian territory and shot down a passenger jet?

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sigwinch|2 months ago

Yes. Of course. It ended the tanker war.

Iraq and Iran had been pissant slap-fighting over oil tankers for years. The tanker war ended with the Vincennes incident.

Fluorescence|2 months ago

A "straw on the camel's back" would mean the war crime earned negative domestic political repercussions.

"Ending the Tanker War" is clearly not that. It was the deployment's objective so I fear there are ghouls who would celebrate it.