Cotton: Strike Iran for Shipping Attacks
A F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft launches from the flight deck the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. (AP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday it’s “unmistakable” that Iran was behind the attacks on two commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Pompeo said the nation has “high confidence” in placing the blame on the Islamic Republic, but added that President Donald Trump doesn’t “want a war.” But Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas advocated an attack, saying on CBS that “these unprovoked attacks on commercial shipping warrant a retaliatory military strike.’’ [Full Story]
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