CSPAN Washington Journal William Ruger July 13, 2024
Escalatory spiral. A big part of this is that the United States decided to push , includingm pressure getting United States out of the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran deal. That meant that we were putting pressure on the iranian government, and the iranian government decided to respond in various ways. Through proxies and other things. We have seen a spiral. If you think back over the last couple of years, you have had the tanker tax in the gulf, the attack on the saudi oil facilities, the tightening of the sanctions, you have also aen this contractor death and ratcheting up of th...