James Clapper: “the Iranian leadership is now, 'more willing to conduct an attack on the United States in response to real or perceived…”

this is the standard Russian -- Soviet Russian way of war. Surround a city if they can and they are having trouble doing that, put it under siege, strangle it, prevent supplies, medicines, food, water, et cetera and then bombard the city…

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

I think it's very prudent.

there's going to be more of the graphic, wanton brutality that they've witnessed.