Iran has been very consistent in its approach all along. Every time Obama makes a concession, Iran views that as a sign of weakness and pushes harder. Since Obama has been consistently retreating, Iran has been pushing harder. And so we're now getting incidents like this.
Four Iranian boats approached a U.S. destroyer in the Persian Gulf in a dangerous stunt Tuesday, according to a Navy official.
The small Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy craft drove within within 300 yards of the destroyer Nitze, deployed with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, near the Strait of Hormuz, said the official who was not authorized to speak on the record about the incident.
The Navy is calling the incident "unsafe and unprofessional," he said.
The destroyer tried various methods to communicate with the incoming four boats, he added. Radio calls, the ship's whistle, firing flares -- all to no response.
Considering that Iran has been playing with suicide attacks, this incident may be more serious than it sounds.
But that's not really the point. The point is that Iran is now acting like a world power and feels free to attack and pressure is because it knows that it will score points around the world while suferiing no consequences.