that on every american. you did four tours in iraq. and iraqis are notably nervous about iran, and actually would prefer that the u.s. not be as provocative, they believe, according to their leadership, against iran. what is your take on the way john bolton and others have been, some say, pushing the president towards a confrontation with iran? i think that s exactly what john bolton is doing and exactly what john bolton did 15 years ago when he pushed us into war with iraq. had you a similar situation with a weak commander in chief. someone who dodged his own generation s war and didn t have the credibility to say, stop. we don t need to escalate. when the last people in this administration who had that credibility was secretary jim mat in tis mattis. when he came in september, when we were actually attacked, matt mattis, said, no.