During today's White House press briefing, Dana Perino was asked about the recent Gulf of Tonkin incident in the Strait of Hormuz between Iranian boats and U.S. naval warships:

Q ...does the President still believe that the incident was as serious as he described it on Monday when he -- MS. PERINO: Absolutely. Q He's not -- because the reports seemed to suggest that maybe it was not as serious as the White House and others had indicated. MS. PERINO: Whose reports? The Iranians' reports? I mean, I've heard nothing different from what we have said... Q Well, the fact that the video now is not clear that the statement that "we're coming after you" was referring to these five boats; that's a new fact that's different than -- MS. PERINO: I have not heard that.

Really? The White House hasn't heard that? Even though on the same day that George Bush was talking about the, "dangerous and provacative," act, it was reported that:

U.S. military officials, including Cosgriff [Vice Admiral 5th Fleet], cautioned, however, that they have not been able to connect definitively the radio call with one of the Revolutionary Guards boats.

Of course acknowledging that might have made Bush's comments the following day:

Iran is a threat to world peace. There was a recent intelligence report that came out that I think sent the signal to some that said perhaps the United States does not view an Iran with a nuclear weapon as serious -- as a serious problem..I said then that Iran was a threat, Iran is a threat, and Iran will be a threat if the international community does not come together and prevent that nation from the development of the know-how to build a nuclear weapon." ...all options are on the table to protect our assets.

...seem like desperate saber-rattling from a president who was forced to go from warnings of World War III and mushroom clouds, to the development of know-how.