kuwait ships u.s. and went to war essentiallied in the persian gulf with iran. and ultimately deterred them from taking action against shipping in the strait of hormuz. the accommodation halls a wide array of options. there has been reporting we have launched cyber attack against irgc units surveillance against our ships in the persian gulf. i think the president is right. we need a proportional response that doesn't risk an all-out war that neither side wants. we need to deter iran from continuing this escalation of attacks. pete: daniel, briefly, what message does tehran read from the president's decision here? >> that's the key question and i think our intelligence committee will be looking for. do they see this as weakness maybe but they didn't launch on an surveillance aircraft which is manned u.s. aircraft. perhaps we are fashioning out some rules of engagement in the persian gulf. i think in the coming days we will be seeing how iran