The only thing that's clear regarding that Iranian/U.S. potential clash in the Straight of Hormuz, Whomod, is that there was confusion about who exactly said what over the radio (whether or not the Iranian message to the U.S. boats came from one of the five Iranian boats, or another source).
What's known for certain is they were speeding toward a U.S. ship, but veered away before they were fired upon.

This is typical between two hostile nations, for enemies to test reaction time of the U.S. response times, and vice versa (of the U.S. to test Russian, Chinese, or others' response time).

You --of course!-- immediately jump to the highly speculative conclusion that this was manufactured provocation by the U.S. for an invasion of Iran.
Because Bush and Cheney are eeeeeevilll !!

So, based on nothing specific and a lot of speculation, you again slander your own government and take the side of those who are truly evil, to slander your own country.
There was no exchange of fire, so it doesn't rise to the level of being a provocation for U.S. retaliation or invasion.


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The five Iran boats involved were hardly in a position to harm the three U.S. warships. Although Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman described the Iranian boats as "highly maneuverable patrol craft" that were "visibly armed," he failed to note that these are tiny boats carrying only a two- or three-man crew and that they are normally armed only with machine guns that could do only surface damage to a U.S. ship.


The ship that bombed the U.S.S. Cole, off the coast of Yemen, similarly appeared to not pose a threat to a U.S. ship.

You, I guess, would prefer if the U.S. Navy assumed these Iranian boats were not a potential threat, and that our navy didn't take every precaution, and more U.S. soldiers ended up dead as a result?

Like the incident at the beginning of Bush's presidency where a Chinese plane confronted a U.S. plane off China's coast, like with the U.S.S. Cole, these approaches by foreign vessels can be threatening to U.S. planes and ships, and I don't take them so lightly.

Nor do I assume the evil intent of our leaders in knee-jerk fashion, on the flimsiest evidence and speculation.