in this. this is just language that no one really understands. it's not building our respect not only in iran but around the world. we are being scene -- mr. trump and his administration and especially general flynn are being seen as loose cannons without an idea of the effect. if something happens today, what are we going to do? are we going to go to war with iran if another attack comes against a ship? are we going to have a war start on that? are we going to try to do some diplomatic action to prevent a war? i don't know. >> general, let's stay with you and talk about what happened in yemen. we mourn the loss of one of our own that we know about. we know there were civilian casualties as well. we are told this is an operation scheduled and planned under the obama administration but was pushed over on scheduling reasons and, in part, to let the new administration make the call. is that your understanding? >> i'm not sure it was pushed over to let the new administration make a call.