The clear point is that if attacks continue to be limited to certain southern Iranian bases — which are typically the ones involved in launching drones toward oil tankers — it shows the United States wants to keep the conflict limited. However, the issue raised here is what both Trump and his vice president are saying: if they want to fire at the tankers again... Tonight's story is clearly the same as tomorrow morning's story about Bahrain and Kuwait. But the question is whether Iran will launch drones at oil tankers again — in other words, whether Iran is also trying to limit the conflict.