It's not a mystery. In July 3, 1988, the Iran/Iraq War is at its height. The U.S. enters the war, killing Iran Air Flight 655. The war is over within a month. The rest of this melodramatic handwringing is willful ignorance. It's no murkier than the fate of the USS Stark the day the Tower Commission Report on the Iran/Contra scandal was supposed to be published. Or that of the USS Liberty for that matter.
It's not a mystery. In July 3, 1988, the Iran/Iraq War is at its height. The U.S. enters the war, killing Iran Air Flight 655. The war is over within a month. The rest of this melodramatic handwringing is willful ignorance. It's no murkier than the fate of the USS Stark the day the Tower Commission Report on the Iran/Contra scandal was supposed to be published. Or that of the USS Liberty for that matter.