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Iran is responding with extreme provocation. hitting oil tankers. none of them owned by the u.s. some by norway and one by japan at the very same time prime minister abe was in tehran. most of countries said nothing because they consider that kind of assault the cost of doing business. when an american drone, however, with a wing span as wide as a 737 was brought down by an iranian missile, it seemed iran was determined to provoke us. the president was ready to conduct strikes but pulled back be...

Action the president took, the president demonstrated the restraint that the american people, i know, admire and are grateful for when, as right up to the run-up of a military attack the president continues to evaluate that decision and concluded that what had been initiated and what was about to be launched was not proportionate, but iran should not mistake restraint from a lack of resolve. all options remain on the table. the united states is going to defend our troops and americas interest in...

What theyre banking on is that this is not enough of a provocation for the trump administration to go all out to war against iran. >> i think thats right. im getting increasingly worried that they dont exactly understand our escalation ladder and we dont exactly understand theirs. >> thanks, ilan. fascinating stuff. to read his piece in foreign affairs, go to my twitter feed for a link. im @fareedzakaria. how did america and iran get to the brink? a great debate when we return. discover card. hi...

The media which almost always favor military action after every provocation. but then -- chris: let me pick up on that. well, i was just going to say i remember in the 1980s i was covering ronald reagan, and he suddenly announced they were going to reflag kuwaiti tankers and fly them under u.s. protection, and there were a lot of people in the media at that point who were saying, oh, my gosh, hes going to get us into a war. in fact, he reflagged them, a frigate was hit by a mine, he went out, as...

In their efforts to win over followers than start one upping each other. when there are a lot if somebody had a sheep on stage the next band must be had to ship as you always have to go one step further in a way and yes i think its a marketing strategy. so the. of course outlandish staging is key to the visual style that goes with this type of music. and thats what attracts young people i think. as i said hard metal and even rock music more generally have to piss off goody goody people a little ...

Provocation. hitting oil tankers. none of them owned by the u.s. some by norway and one by japan at the very same time prime minister abe was in tehran. most of countries said nothing because they consider that kind of assault the cost of doing business. when an american drone, however, with a wing span as wide as a 737 was brought down by an iranian missile, it seemed iran was determined to provoke us. the president was ready to conduct strikes but pulled back because as he said -- president tr...

Iran is responding with extreme provocation. hitting oil tankers. none of them owned by the u.s. some by norway and one by japan at the very same time prime minister abe was in tehran. most of countries said nothing because they consider that kind of assault the cost of doing business. when an american drone, however, with a wing span as wide as a 737 was brought down by an iranian missile, it seemed iran was determined to provoke us. the president was ready to conduct strikes but pulled back be...

American credibility in the region? >> i think that remains to be seen. i think the sanctions are working. i think they are devastating iran which is why iran is lashing out like they are. i still, again, i will like to see at least the destruction of the site that took out this drone at the very minimum, but that said its not happening. what does it do to the credibility? i think it depends how it plays out from here. if iran does another thing similar to that, i think they would be underestima...

Aggression, youre going to get hurt. this is an enemy of mankind. if youre not willing to take this enemy on, youll regret it. >> full of venom and vigor there. that was a few hours before this operation would have taken place. today, though, a very different message, some might say contradictory from the now hawkish senator. quoting from his tweet, i appreciate president donald trumps desire to be measured and thoughtful when it comes to iranian provocation. what will be the response if they fo...

Killed? in it case, iranians. i said, how many people are going to be killed? came back and said sir, approximately 150. and i thought about it for a second. i said, you know what, they shot down an unmand drone. i didnt like it. i didnt think it was proportionate. >> prudent. realism. that was the hall mark of foreign policy and he lived top t. this doesnt mean trump shouldnt retaliate in the face of further provocation if its proportional. butt decision to weigh the human cost of a potential s...