How Not to React To Incidents in The Gulf of Oman

Pillar talks about incidents in the Gulf of Oman. Strange things have happened over the past several days in the Gulf of Oman. Some crews reported that they temporarily had lost control of their ships for undetermined reasons. Another ship experienced what the British Navy called a "potential non-piracy-related hijacking" when unidentified armed men boarded it and then just as mysteriously left the ship. So far, the response to what happened in the Gulf of Oman has several resemblances to an incident in another gulf 57 years ago. In each case, there was a murky encounter at sea, with an eagerness to jump to conclusions about the evil intentions of a local power.