iranians. because they're looking at what you're doing. >> make it look like a limited strike while you're doing pit. >> make it limited and ensure there's no misunderstanding. >> and admiral, how often does that happen? stop the presses, shut it down, turn this around order come from the white house? >> very rare. i mean, can't speak for this particular administration, but administrations i've served under in the past, that's a very rare thing fop ha. to have it go that far of nearly having missiles launched and pull it back. >> but no missiles were launched. >> yeah. they were armed and ready. then pull them back at the brink of execution is an extremely rare thing to do. the general's right. it is more risky to wait until that point to make that decision because there's always miscalculation or delay in communication could cause a problem. clearly that didn't happen here, but it's rare. i think the president should be commended for this for pulling it back and for giving himself a