As the coronavirus causes oil prices to plunge and rips through Iran, that nation’s terrorist regime has assumed an increasingly aggressive posture toward the United States.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats are taking the occasion to escalate their harassment of U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf. Their typical tactic is to approach at high speed and then veer off at the last moment, taunting sailors with the possibility of a suicide attack. It’s a tactic, thanks to previous Iranian actions such as the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beruit, Iran knows the U.S. military cannot ignore.