What irresponsible commanders? Oh right, you claim the whole entire Persian Gulf, even the waters of other countries. Don't you have disputes on that?
LOL! So many countries do start wars with the U.S. You should know that. 9/11 attacks, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, North Korea invading South Korea, North Vietnam invading South Vietnam, Japan attacking the U.S. Mexico attack U.S. Germany planning with Mexico to attack the U.S. before intervening in WW1. Even British attacking American ships and impressing American sailors to fight the French. I could go on.
In any case, doesn't matter how much you try to threaten, you know what the U.S. Navy is capable of during the tanker wars. And even when you claim advances in military technology, the U.S. Navy was prepared to fight the Soviet Union with its doctrine to fight carrier strike groups. And we made advances of our own. Don't doubt that one bit.