Some Iranian officials--probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei--have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime.
Clapper warns about Iran's willingness to attack the U.S. due to perceived threats.
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Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
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.
Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.
I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.
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