In this case, with what the Secretary described and later on the President, later on the speaker of the House and the way the events played out, The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events, meaning the Iranians would retaliate. Now, I think there's a potential there where we could have done several different things. We could have simply said to the Israelis, no, you will not. (21:50–22:00)
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Asserts that Israel's actions led to expected Iranian retaliation.
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