From the bottom of the last thread:
re: #108 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam

or the Maine incident that the Hearst newspapers used to whip up support for the Spanish-American War.

Except that very few historians see Maine as a true false-flag op. It was 85% likely to have been negligence (in the design more than in the way the ship was being treated), and 14% possible to be the Spanish actually attacking her. US Navy sabotage is highly unlikely.

In the Straits, there was no question that someone attacked, and it’s over 95% likely to be someone theoretically-allied to the countries whose flags those ships fly rather than Iran.