it feels like the united states is getting drawn into a conflict that is going to be very difficult to declare victory over. the houthis have withstood ten years of saudi air strikes, bombardment, war, and what they're doing is launching cheap drones that are causing all this damage. is there a possibility that these american and british strikes will work? >> probably 10% out of 100. i think the big question, fareed, is that the biden administration is getting sucked into the shifting sands of the middle east with really eyes wide open. and we have been there before. but let's unpack biden's position for a minute. from day one after hamas' bloody attack on israel on the 7th of october, the key objective of the biden administration has been to prevent the escalation,