The Middle East Situation

The Americans have been thrown straight in at the deep end in their operation to protect reflagged Kuwaiti tankers. The mine explosion which hit the Bridgeton faced them with an unwelcome dilemma on their very first Gulf escort outing, and threatened to disturb the temporary stabilization of the situation which had been expected to result from the UN Security Council's ceasefire resolution. It also once again raised the question of whether Iran is acting as one...