Emergency Edition: Mining Our Own Business

Do we really remember the Maine?

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When the Pentagon accused Iran of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Hormuz yesterday, it sounded like a song we’ve heard before. A lot of U.S. wars seem to begin the same way: A mysterious incident at sea is blamed on a rival. Amer…