Ben Ferguson: “You had Iranian gunboats that unsuccessfully. That's the key…”

“And just to put it in perspective, I think, of what Iran's leadership's trying to do to bait America into some sort of military conflict so they can try to rally their country. You had Iranian gunboats that unsuccessfully. That's the key word here. And I'm reading this headline from Fox. Attempted to board US Oil tanker as Trump builds military presence. These six armed Iranian vessels attempted to board the tanker before a US Navy ship escorted it to safety. That that is how desperate the Iranian regime is right now to try to do something different.” (20:05–20:16)

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