Not everyone was so sure that the supposed threat from Iran warrants America's military response.
A debate raged both in the White House and overseas as to how seriously America’s warnings of a growing threat from Iran should be taken as more information about the reported threats emerged.
Iran’s low-tech navy is no match for the world-leading American vessels, but asymmetric tactics using small boats for conventional missile and even suicide attacks could still inflict significant casualties on a U.S. naval formation and could shut down commercial shipping in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. officials noted the increasing frequency of conversations between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iraqi militias about attacking U.S. targets, and even heard specific details of certain targets being discussed. American allies are also refusing to back the White House in asserting the Iranian threat. On Tuesday, British Major General Chris Ghika—a senior officer in the U.S.-backed coalition fighting ISIS—said he had seen “no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria,” according to The Associated Press. “There are a substantial number of militia groups in Iraq and Syria, and we don’t see any increased threat from any of them at this stage,” Ghika added.
Spain's acting defense minister, Margarita Robles, told reporters the frigate Mendez Nunez had joined the group as part of a mission to celebrate 500 years since the first circumnavigation of the world, as laid out in a bilateral U.S.-Spanish agreement. “The U.S. government has taken a decision outside of the framework of what had been agreed with the Spanish Navy,” Robles explained.
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