by all indications, there was a message passed to the iranians and they sent, you know, back to president trump. we got the message. i think that might have had something to do with president trump calling off the attack. i don t really think it had to do with casualties. he got cold feet. but now the question is, you know, what kind of message does this send to iran? does it send a message keep testing us? they re likely to do. at some point president trump is going to be forced to make that decision. whether he s going to respond or not. and that could lead to a further escalation with american casualties. all right. so colonel jack, the messages are sent back and forth indirectly. doesn t seem like there is actual direct conversations between iran and the u.s. so what would you say could likely be the next move or response to this from the iranian side? because tehran doesn t have kme complete control of the revolutionary guards, you re