James Clapper: “I think that is probably a fair assessment.”

I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.

Ties with Tehran offer some regional governments a means of staking an independent position on Iran, thereby mitigating its isolation while also attempting to extract Iranian financial aid and investment for economic and social projects.

Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.