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Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation. – Isabel Hilton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Iran's actions are conducted in a manner which are both understood by the world to be conducted by Iran, but not to the extent that the international community can justify a response. In this way, the actions are attributable but deniable, attacks against oil tankers produce tremendous publicity for Iran and raise oil prices. The latter has a direct, if temporary, impact on the economies of China and Western Europe, and Iran likely believes this will compel them to pressure the U.S. to make concessions to avoid future such attacks. – Norman Roule	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
A highly deniable attack, such as the one on the hull of the tankers, would be entirely consistent with the past four decades of Iranian security strategy, which emphasizes increasing the challenges of attribution, overcoming conventional military weaknesses, and decreasing the prospects of escalation against the Iranian homeland for regime meddling. – Ben Talebu	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't think that's deniable. And I do think human activity contributes to it. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think global warming is real. I don't think that's deniable, and I do think human activity contributes to it. – Chris Christie in New Hampshire	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation.

– Isabel Hilton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Iran's actions are conducted in a manner which are both understood by the world to be conducted by Iran, but not to the extent that the international community can justify a response. In this way, the actions are attributable but deniable, attacks against oil tankers produce tremendous publicity for Iran and raise oil prices. The latter has a direct, if temporary, impact on the economies of China and Western Europe, and Iran likely believes this will compel them to pressure the U.S. to make concessions to avoid future such attacks.

– Norman Roule

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A highly deniable attack, such as the one on the hull of the tankers, would be entirely consistent with the past four decades of Iranian security strategy, which emphasizes increasing the challenges of attribution, overcoming conventional military weaknesses, and decreasing the prospects of escalation against the Iranian homeland for regime meddling.

– Ben Talebu

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I don't think that's deniable. And I do think human activity contributes to it.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think global warming is real. I don't think that's deniable, and I do think human activity contributes to it.

– Chris Christie in New Hampshire

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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