night was much less than what the israelis themselves wanted. they had been clearly warned by the biden administration not to escalate this further, and even though they didn't abide by what biden had demanded which is no attack at all, they nevertheless did something that was of such a low scale that it made it possible for the iranians to pretend as if they had not been attacked at all. and as a way -- as a result, escape this escalation that both sides were on, and as a result, the entire region is drawing a sigh of relief because at least for now in the immediate term, the risk of a regional war has gone down somewhat. >> i am old enough to remember netanyahu really pushing the u.s. to invade iraq, and also really goading the u.s. to maybe follow that by invading iran, which would have been absolutely disastrous, even the cato institute said absolutely horrible idea. what is his goal here? because if he's not trying to