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The worst that he has seen it in a0 years, but i think there is some issues that we can also consider that, as you pointed out, they havent been entering taiwans essbase, the air force fighter pilots and bomber pilots have been at relatively professionally. we dont hear any reports of the taiwan side or the chinese side coming into contact, so the risk of an incident or an accident creating an escalatory cycle i think is still very manageable so that is the good thing. but this is clearly part o...

Guess it also means -- look, i think he underestimated chinas patience. theyre willing to take more heat here than -- >> he has believed that theyre vulnerable to pressure because their economy is weakening. >> he does know theyre not a democracy, right and that those pressures dont exist. >> i think the significant point about the announcement that was just made is that it continues this escalatory cycle. china has hit, we responded, whether its a lot or a little matters less than. we just keep...

Republic. so, yes, they definitely want to talk, but on their terms. >> all right, ali arouzi for us in tehran. for more on this i want to bring in kelly. she worked as an iran director for the national security director during the bush and obama administration. she is now vice president for national security at the center for american progress. kelly, good to see you. thank you for being with us. i think ali arozi and hans nichols both bring up important points. we can spend a lot of time discu...

Continued those negotiations, dealt with any remaining issues, used the sanctions still on the table to push back against their nefarious behavior in the region. and the hard hardliners led by that guy who never saw a war he didnt want to wage, john bolton, believe we should be on this escalatory cycle. so even chairman of the house intelligence committee adam shiff and iran, which shouldnt be doing what its doing, over a year of sticking with this deal now feels like its internal politics requi...

Cycle. the danger here is that russia either misinterprets or believes that we are going to take an action and then escalates to a greater, potentially more destructive action on its part. thats the concern. calibration while also signaling. >> is that why this type of action wasnt taken during the obama years? >> well, im not going to comment on specific operations, but it was always the view when i was in the obama administration and when i was part of national security meetings on these types...