Israeli media to the US: ‘Told you so’

This picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, shows detention of American Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf, Iran.(Sepahnews via AP)

This picture released by the Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, shows detention of American Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf, Iran.(Sepahnews via AP)

From the left to the right, Hebrew newspapers seem to relish the schadenfreude of the 10 American sailors captured then released by Iran

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US Pacific Fleet shrinks even as China grows more aggressive

FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, family members of sailors wave as the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan south of Tokyo. The U.S. Pacific Fleet is smaller than it was in the 1990s, helping fuel a debate about whether the U.S. has enough ships to meet challenges posed by fast-growing and increasingly assertive Chinese naval forces. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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US Navy called in after Iran fires at cargo ship in Persian Gulf

A Maersk ship in February 2015. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Kees Torn, Flickr)

A Maersk ship in February 2015. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Kees Torn, Flickr)

Pentagon says Iranians board Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris; Iran claims ship is owned by US, held over financial dispute

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