Aaron David Miller

But it is, I think, tremendously symbolic.

It suggests that the Americans don't have total escalation dominance of the airspace.

Iranians still have capacity, not to mention the propaganda value of this, assuming the Iranians find the airmen.

It's extraordinary, frankly, in the thousands of sorties that both the Americans and Israelis have flown that this is the first time that you had a downed aircraft.

But it is, I think, tremendously symbolic.

It suggests that the Americans don't have total escalation dominance of the airspace.

Iranians still have capacity, not to mention the propaganda value of this, assuming the Iranians find the airmen.

My experience in negotiations, they work.

That is to say, deals are cut when there is urgency.

And urgency is a function of two things.

How much pain the parties are under and what are the prospects for gain.

My experience in negotiations, they work.

That is to say, deals are cut when there is urgency.

An urgency is a function of two things.

How much pain the parties are under and what are the prospects for gain.

Look, the reality, this is not the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.

This is not the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty.

Agreements succeed or fail when they're tested over time.

This is not even a peace agreement.

What this is...