Right, so Trump says America hit Iran “very hard”. NATO’s Mark Rutte, a man who sold out his last ounce of dignity along with his spine for a seat right next to Little Donnie says it was “absolutely necessary,” because of course of he did. US Central Command, CENTCOM, says it was all about protecting commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners.

And then because they tempted fate too much, the inevitable balls up happened.

A fishing pier on fire. Fishermen reported dead. A railway bridge hit miles inland. American bases coming under fire in return, because Iran was never going to let that go. And then Iran releasing footage of one of now precious few American Reaper drones dropping out of the sky in bits.

Safe. Controlled. Necessary.

You can pick whichever US backed claim you like. The pictures don’t seem especially  ...