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After Iran fired on shipping in Gulf in 1987, the Reagan administration reflagged tankers as US merchant vessels and sent warships to escort tankers. When Iran fired, the warships fired back. Congress then Democratic majority, but it backed the Reagan administration's actions — PolitiTweet.org