{"id":191446,"date":"2019-07-13T06:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191446"},"modified":"2019-07-16T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T06:32:07","slug":"trump-brits-tireless-in-attempt-to-get-war-on-iran-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=191446","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Brits Tireless in Attempt to Get War on Iran Going"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kurt Nimmo \u2013 Another Day in Empire July 12, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Thursday evening, social media posts claimed the UK flagged and Japanese owned crude oil tanker Atlantic Pioneer had crossed over into Iranian territorial waters. According to the Marine Traffic website, on Friday morning the tanker was in the Gulf of Oman.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UK<\/a> flagged ship, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AtlanticPioneer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AtlanticPioneer<\/a>, has officially entered recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>|ian waters. Time to see what Iran does, if anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gn05YCtUAe\">pic.twitter.com\/gn05YCtUAe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pacifica Analytica (@PacAnalytica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PacAnalytica\/status\/1149517568916389888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">I don\u2019t know if these social media reports are accurate, but considering the recent behavior of the US and Britain, I cannot discount it. The US, with the help of the UK, is attempting to goad the Iranians into taking action and thus providing a pretext to get the next neocon war going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Around the same time reports about the Atlantic Pioneer appeared on Twitter, Trump\u2019s secretary of state posted the following about an earlier incident which was not independently verified and therefore in doubt. The US and UK governments\u2014both with considerable track records for pathological lying\u2014are the only sources for this supposed violation of (economic warfare) sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. condemns the IRGC-Navy\u2019s attempt to harass the UK vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. We commend the Royal Navy in ensuring freedom of navigation and will continue to work with our allies to ensure the Iranian regime does not disrupt maritime security and global commerce.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1149516478925791234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Iran has denied the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> denies attempts to seize British oil tanker amid calls for de-escalating Persian Gulf tensions <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pcYNKe3Xt6\">https:\/\/t.co\/pcYNKe3Xt6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DfPXvR4Fcz\">pic.twitter.com\/DfPXvR4Fcz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; China Xinhua News (@XHNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XHNews\/status\/1149637094341406721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The corporate propaganda media dutifully regurgitated what the British defense media said about the alleged incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UPDATE<\/a> The path taken from July 6-11 by the oil tanker &quot;British Heritage&quot; which three Iranian ships &quot;attempted to impede&quot; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraitofHormuz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StraitofHormuz<\/a>, the UK defence ministry says. Iran&#39;s Revolutionary Guards have denied involvement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hD0usr1PSY\">https:\/\/t.co\/hD0usr1PSY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8AzMAhYJe\">pic.twitter.com\/O8AzMAhYJe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1149290993226616833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The neocon-infested Trump administration will ultimately have its war against Iran and the consequences will be catastrophic. The US and UK have increased their \u201cmilitary presence\u201d in the Persian Gulf ahead of the inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UK is to increase its military presence in the Gulf by sending a second warship to the region. The warship&#39;s deployment has been brought forward as a result of the deepening crisis with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on this story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1vm6zgRq4\">https:\/\/t.co\/t1vm6zgRq4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XH4mZDyJHv\">pic.twitter.com\/XH4mZDyJHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SkyNews (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1149636460728868864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Meanwhile, on Trump\u2019s favorite neocon war propaganda network, Sean Hannity and the detestable Rudy Giuliani\u2014his pockets bulging with terrorist MEK cash\u2014continue to distract from core issues with lies (\u201ccash on the tarmac\u201d) and the never-ending and completely irrelevant dickering between the two sides of the one-sided corporate state political party.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a><br \/>Mayor Rudy Giuliani&#39;s interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seanhannity<\/a> <br \/>&quot;Here is the center of the Iranian resistance &#8230; President supports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s resistance movement&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandWithMaryamRajavi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IStandWithMaryamRajavi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMOI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMOI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MEK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCRI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRegimeChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRegimeChange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JDoZZc36GR\">pic.twitter.com\/JDoZZc36GR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mostafa.m \u24c2\ufe0f (@MostafaMe4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MostafaMe4\/status\/1149555570451468288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kurtnimmo.blog\/2019\/07\/12\/trump-brits-tireless-in-attempt-to-get-war-on-iran-going\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has betrayed those who voted for him. Instead of avoiding foreign military engagements he\u2019s set the stage for a clash with Iran, with the Straits of Hormuz looking like a possible flashpoint  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191446"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191482,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191446\/revisions\/191482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}