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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSean Spicer hints at US-Iran-war after attack where neither country was involved.
https://theintercept.com/2017/02/02/press-secretary-sean-spicer-falsely-accuses-iran-of-attacking-u-s-navy-vessel-an-act-of-war/The White House press corps wanted to know what being put on notice entailed, and Spicer responded by claiming that Irans government took actions against a U.S. naval vessel, which would be an act of war.
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Major Garrett of CBS News quietly corrected him, saying a Saudi vessel, and Spicer then responded almost inaudibly: Sorry, thank you, yes a Saudi vessel. Yes, thats right. He did not in any way address his false claim that it was an Iranian attack, however.
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Pentagon spokesman Christopher Sherwood confirmed to The Intercept that the attack was in fact conducted against a Saudi warship, and that the Pentagon suspects Houthi rebels.
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Sean Spicer hints at US-Iran-war after attack where neither country was involved. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Feb 2017
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HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)1. First Bowling Green and now this attack by Iran...
When do we launch the nukes?
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)3. Here we go again
When will Americans wise up and stop turning over our lives to nihilistic Republican warmongers? No need to answer.
2naSalit
(86,561 posts)4. Those darn alternative facts just get in the way sometimes.