Rescue of Greece CMI liao. Even the rescuer France got downgraded. See if Iran wants to flex muscles at Straits of Hormuz to pick a naval battle with US and trigger a crisis. Usually brinksmanship is a case of calling each other's bluff. Nobody dared to pick a fight with Stalin. Iranians took hostages because they correctly perceived Carter as a softie. Nobody dared to try this nonsense with Ronald Reagan when he became President.