The whole thing would have been avoided if the US didn't push their Navy around ...

		architect01 on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user int... The whole thing would have been avoided if the US didn't push their Navy around Iran why the hell is there a US navy ship there to begin with and why the hell is it that easy for them to shout at whatever is moving in the sky yes it might have been a UI issue but the root of the problem is "a US navy ship next to iran's border"

It was protecting neutral shipping traffic during the Iraq-Iran war.