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True or False: Cotton exaggerated Reagan's 1988 naval operation because he wanted current military action against Iran to seem like a proven, successful strategy with historical precedent.

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Exactly right. Cotton claimed Reagan "sank half of Iran's navy" in 1988, which is a major exaggeration—the operation sank one frigate and damaged another, along with some smaller vessels. But Cotton w...

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