destabilizing to put it mildly. when asked if that was confirmation there was a bit of name-calling. finally ben rhodes weighed in accusing the new york times of prop gating garbage. finally we should note the kuwait newspaper is reporting the u.s. has now given israel the green light to assassinate general soleimani. the white house has not commented. martha? martha: trace, thank you very much. so marc thiessen who you see often on the story got in the middle of this buzz saw when he chimed in on it today is he an american enterprise scholar and former speech writer for president george w. bush. is he also a fox news contributor. mark, why did this insight you? you know, why did this make you want to dive into the middle of this and give your own opinion? well, just because this just shows the blythe attitude of the obama administration had towards terrorism. i mean, this is the same guy who went on bret baier s show and said dude, that was like three years ago. martha: since