[dashing doofus]

I agree totally. Can you imagine if they had actually attacked one of our ships in international waters?

These psychos might have been engaging in a dry run, to test our reaction.

[r9etb]

Can you imagine if they had actually attacked one of our ships in international waters?

Then they would have been destroyed. Simple as that -- the USN's guns were already locked and targeted.

[SteamShovel]

These psychos might have been engaging in a dry run, to test our reaction.

I think Iran WANTS a military confrontation with the USA.

They see the possibility of a Rat president becoming more likely so they are trying to step up the pace a bit. After all, they only have 1 year left to cause a shooting war with certainty.

[anymouse]

These psychos might have been engaging in a dry run, to test our reaction.

Of course they were.

They also were hoping our guys did fire on them and then they would claim we were bullying them in their own waters (ignoring Internationally agreed on territorial limits.)

They were also hoping that the media uproar would spill over into the Presidential primary campaign race.