the region and the straight o the strain of hormu. jon: what should we make of iran a growing to meet with u.n. inspectors jennifer. reporter: on the one hand they are projecting themselves military, sending two destroyers through the suez canal, parking them in a syrian port to show support for the bashar al-assad regime and apparently laying down the gauntlet to israel. expanding operations at the fardo underground nuclear facility buried deep within the mountains. at the same time sending a letter to secretary of state hillary clinton and others that they are ready to negotiate and allowing the inspectors in. there appears to be an elaborate game of bluffing and stalling at the same time, jon. jon: what about the pentagon? i know they are concerned that israel might launch a preemptive strike on iran s nuclear facilities. what are they saying to you there. reporter: on the one hand they are sending one after another to try to get them not to strike. tom done done lan d