“If Iran is doing this, to send a message, why do it surreptitiously, through unknown proxies, instead of an Iranian-flag destroyer?”
If you are Iran why not attack surreptitiously if you are able to do so? The Trump admin says Iran did it and that makes sense to me.
If you are Iran why not attack surreptitiously if you are able to do so? “
If you are the Saudis, why not attack and blame it on Iran?
As for neocons in the Trump administration, they also blamed Syrian government for gas attacks that have since been traced to the jihadis.