er, we've been here before i think, gulf of tongking 1963, when vietnamese boats supposedly fired on uss maddox(destroyer). later proved to be a hoax which paved the way for usa to massively increase forces in the nam. still what the hell, (coughs to clear throat) BLOW THE UNGODLY HEATHENS TO KINGDOM COME, etc etc
Interesting. The Iranians demonstrated the ability to do such a thing and capture your personnel, but for us, it's a self-driven pretext to escalate.
Did I capture (no pun intended) your point?