A great deal of caution needs to be exerted by the USA in carrying out any more aggressive acts.

Attacking a Japanese tanker while the Prime Minister of Japan is in Iran negotiating on behalf of the USA, is exactly what terrorists would do. What I wonder is why are these attacks to instigate a larger war? There are plenty of radicals in the region that would seek to escalate a war with Iran in acts of JUSTIFIED genocide.

President Trump should be directly held responsible for any increase in violence after leaving the Iran Agreement.

26 April 2018

Before an official agreement was even made, (click here) Donald Trump was tweeting criticisms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. And now the attempts of the French president to dissuade him from ditching the deal look like they may have been in vain.

International Response: (click here) Iran foreign minister, Javad Zarif, tweeted that the incident was “suspicious," while United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks, adding "If there is something the world cannot afford, it is a major confrontation in the Gulf region." France's foreign affairs ministry also condemned the attacks, referring to them as a "disturbing incident" and calling on "all the actors concerned, with whom we are in constant contact, to show restraint and de-escalation.”

Restraint and de-escalation is not in Trump or Pompeo's vocabulary.

It can be easily argued that Trump's cancellation of the Iran Agreement is aggression and an act of war.

Trump thinks because it is a piece of paper it is nothing. International agreements and treaties are important. When they are treated frivolously as Trump has conducted himself, there will be repercussions. The fact the Prime Minister of Japan actually traveled to speak to the Supreme Leader is a clear indication that The West is not happy with the poor leadership in the USA. The inflammatory actions by Trump need to be viewed as an irresponsible act. The rest of the signators of the Iran Agreement are still upholding the agreement. It is only Trump that is escalating tensions.

I will state it one more time, the war Trump is coveting IS HIS PEACE PLAN.

Trump has it wrong. He assumes there will be negotiations between his regime and the Iranian government. Trump's arrogance wants the world to believe the USA is the aggrieved party with all the right to claim to be THE VICTIM. The Iranian people are the victim to the dissolution of the Iran Agreement.

Tump says too early ‘to even think’ about negotiating with Iran

Washington - US President Donald Trump (click here) on Thursday says it is too early even to consider entering negotiations with Iran, despite soaring tensions between Washington and Iran.

Trump says that while he appreciated a mediating mission by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, “I personally feel that it is too soon to even think about making a deal. They are not ready, and neither are we!”

— AFP

I don't know what kind of backflips the USA has to carry out in order to be a worthy partner to any Middle East peace accord. At this point, I doubt, outside of Israel, the USA will be considered a reasonable partner in peace.