reporting on this from the international section of the "wall street journal," which really overlaps with what you raise. you don't need to be a middle east expert to look up and see western strikes on yemen, the links to iran and thing about the wider conflict and tension in the region. the journal reports basically the biden administration until tonight had actually been reluctant to issue this kind of military response to what they see as these repeated attacks saying, quote, they didn't want to, quote, trigger a war in the region, aware of the group's backing from tehran, yet now, they count at least 27 attacks by the houthi group. another way of saying that is 27 attacks until tonight had gone unanswered. if someone is watching, david, and they're looking at this and saying okay, does that mean the risk of a regional conflict that spills out beyond israel and hamas is higher? a sustained involvement of other countries, is that a greater risk tonight or too soon to tell? >> i think it's too soon to tell. the iranians have a number of