deal may be. and number two, we're not even sure, i suspect, that there's even going to be a deal. this may take consider my more time than even the obama administration believes. so i think on balance, it will be harder but not impossible. this is a determined, willful president. he's determined to restrain and constrain iran so that the israelis don't preempt militarily and he needs to rule out the need for american military action. and we have a 20-month window before he leaves office. so we'll see if he can accomplish that. >> and the israeli prime minister is a determined, willful prime minister. so at the end of the day, the speech that he delivered before congress, was that worth the damage done to the u.s.-israel alliance? >> that remains to be seen. if netanyahu on march 18th is in