We should’ve sunk every one of them. Not because we’re warmongers. But because the Iranians had made threats, verbal and physical, that amounted to acts of war. When will we learn that resolute action taken early saves vast amounts of blood and treasure later? Oh, from Washington’s perspective we did the right thing by “exercising restraint.” But Washington’s perspective doesn’t amount to a gum wrapper in a gutter. What matters is what the Iranians think. They now believe that the Bush administration, our military and the entire United States are afraid of them.