Emily Maitlis

I honestly think in years to come, people will look at Epic Fury as one of the greatest strategic failures in modern warfare.

He seems utterly powerless or in a position where the limits of American power have been reached and the idea that it can just tell a nation what to do and they will just salute politely and say, yes, sir, is not happening now.

The haunting sound of air raid sirens in northern Israel last night, civilians scurrying to air raid shelters and the sound of explosions in the sky as the ceasefire between Israel and Iran looks like it is in tatters.

It's John.

It's Maitlis.

And like two squabbling children and a parent who can't control them, it's hard to know who started it because the fingers are pointing in either direction.

Was it Israel attacking the suburbs of Beirut?

Was it the provocation of Hezbollah?

Was it Iran firing the missiles?

Was it Israel firing back?

I mean, he pays your money and he takes your choice, frankly.

But undoubtedly, the most significant escalation came with Iran attacking

firing ballistic missiles into northern Israel last night.

Donald Trump saying this has to stop.

I demand that it stops.

And an hour after that, Israel say, you know what?

We're retaliating and firing their own missiles and bombers flying over Iran to retaliate.

I honestly think in years to come, people will look at Epic Fury, Operation Epic Fury, as Donald Trump was so proud to call it on the 28th of February.

We'll look at this as one of the greatest strategic failures in modern warfare, where you say what we're going to do is in short order, we're going to overturn the regime.

We are going to stop their ballistic missile program.