From corner. To. A low and welcome to to the point im brian thomas thanks so much for dropping in today these are my guests to talk about our issue Suzanne Coble works for the weekly there should be eagle she just came back from saudi arabia where she reported about those attacks shes convinced trumps policy of maximum pressure generated maximum counterpressure. All the fertility shot is iran expert at the Brookings Institution in doha he believes iran seems to have overplayed its thus far well calculated strategy of escalation. And rick no act as a correspondent for the Washington Post here in berlin he says trumps so far hasnt been responses. They both reflect concerns over a military conflict i had all of the president ial elections 2021 the lack of a consistent strategy in iraq. Thanks so much to all views well for being here today suzanne if we could start with you youre just back from around r r from saudi arabia rather are people in that country worried about an attack by iran b