and also, columnist david french. david, i m curious about your thoughts on the balancing of this shadow boxing, really, between iran and israel and where we find ourselves now. i mean, you know, if iran had wanted to exact revenge on israel, they would have found a better way to do it. they knew what was going to happen with the missiles. same thing with israel going back to iran last night. it seems a lot of shadow boxing going on. i m wondering if the two sides, you think, at this point are ready to stop and let things cool down a bit in the region. the limited nature of the strike leads me to believe that israel is wanting to put a period on this particular episode. iran took a roundhouse swing at israel. that 320 missiles, they re obviously hoping to do serious damage. the attack was, as was just
the latest and final round of shadow boxing between israel and iran, trying to prove something to each other, to their constituencies, to regional friends and enemies, or are you expecting more? i think we re all in violent or non-violent agreement this morning. this is carefully calibrated. the israelis felt compelled to respond, to show they could reach iran if need be. they could hurt them if need be, but they didn t hurt them this time. the fact the iranians are downplaying it at home suggests to me they don t feel compelled to retaliate against the retaliation. i think this showed bibi netanyahu, who we re often critical, in this case, he resisted what he was getting pressured to do from his right. he did less rather than more. i think the biden administration should feel pretty good in terms of calming down the reactions. i think, excuse me, this is also