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In tehran know that israel has the capability to strike iranian nuclear facilities, not destroy them, but target them if they decide to do so. and so overnight, this was a significant incident, an attack by israel striking iranian territory, but it was limited in scope, meant to send a message and not drag the region into a broader conflict jonathan. so, trey, im going to talk to kevin corke in a moment about reaction of the white house. but im interested in how the israel of what you believe an...

The message from israel is simply point out that they have the capability to do this. its not just iran that can fire hundreds of miles and hit israel. israel has the capability to do that exact same thing right back to iran and isfahan is an interesting choice there because of the nuclear facilities, at least in the initial reports, it doesnt seem like thats what israel was going after in this strike. but its a clear message to iran that if this escalation continues and gets out of control, it ...

That airport i thought was a very bad judgment also. again, when you kill these generals, you get a provocative response. you invite retaliation, you dont affect, necessarily, their capabilities these generals get replaced in two hours. what you have to do, if you want to degrade your command- and-control camargo after the system, the notes. so, i think the israeli strike on the iranian embassy in damascus was a mistake. i felt the same way about the u.s. attack on solomon he, but again, back to...

Military source this was a very targeted and specific strike in the central region in iran. it is a significant location being it is so close to the capital of tehran. but near the nuclear facility. the site was not hit. the strike appeared to target a nearby iranian air base. but it clearly shows that israel has the capability to hit the area. and when it wants to. now when it comes to reaction from both countries involved, iran has been seemingly down playing this whole event. the only comment...

Is reacting but then almost shrug well, the secretary of state needs to be reticent like he was. >> we can speculate, we can estimate. and thats what were trying to do to put a little more color around this what was not struck last night where the nuclear facilities, the enrichment capability that the iranians have, and their delivery means for those. >> what was struck was a military base in close proximity to that nuclear capability. >> and they went after an airbase we went after middle produ...

Response against iran or its people would result in a harsh and decisive response. whats your reaction to what we just witnessed, what were learning? did this just escalate things? >> no, i dont think so. i dont think iran wants a war with israel, and i dont think israel wants a war with iran. if you notice, this attack it was measured and calibrated, and i think what israel intended to do here is send a message to iran that we can strike deep inside your country and, oh, by the way, we also kno...

That emerging nuclear capability. so netanyahu gets a lot out of this. one. >> it appears that he has listened to some degree two who advice from the united states and other western allies and by the same token, he has made that statement to iran that if iran attacks, we attack and were going to attack much harder the next time. these readings have often said that they can fight a war on a number of fronts. they already have one going in gaza. those have ongoing conflict in the north, which is p...

Conclusion, we have to demonstrate iran cant get away with attacking the homeland and we have to do something. the objective they were trying to achieve is get iran to de-escalate. they have a limited attack capability here and then what are the means? you can do a cyberattack. theyve done a lot of that. you can do covert attacks. theyve done a lot of that right in this area and also you can do over kinetic attacks. they overruled the over kinetic attacks that iran used the other night. they kne...

Capability really this is all about deterrence. deterrence is all about trying to convince a potential adversary on aggressor that theres a better alternative than going to war and in the case of what took place last saturday, israel demonstrated deterrence. the iranians fail dramatically. i think its fair to say that it was feckless. it fell on its face and did nothing that iran was hoping it might do. on the other hand, israel has now responded to iran and does or-awn feel like it has achieved...

Extraordinary iran, israels defenses were. but defense is not deterrence. and what they need to do is reset deterrence. and you do that through two things. one demonstrating will and capability and by attacks ron, despite iran warnings up to the last minute, and then being able to reach deepened iran, theyve demonstrated that capability. now the key thing will be as is deterrence, restore, restore and did we block, did they block iran from establishing a new normal whereby anytime something happ...