the escalation of forces on the ground and a haphazard way to make a decision whether to strike or not and the big concern is that we don't know what iran's response will be. they may in turn response which could then lead to a further exchange of responses, military in every domain, air, land, sea and as we know, recently, even cyber. so my concern is let's take a deep breath, mr. president trump, engage with allies and stay engaged with congress and find a diplomatic solution to what the challenges are here with iran. >> in a tweet earlier today, the president suggested that the united states doesn't even need some sort of military presence in the shipping lanes of the persian gulf. he noted that china gets 91% of the oil from there, from the straits of hormuz and japan 62% and the u.s. very little. should the u.s. withdraw its forces from that part of the world? >> absolutely not. the united states has an interest in the shipping lanes and through the strait of hormuz and the gulf of oman and while our interested today, let's measure by how much oil we receive from the region, maybe