Lise Doucette
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And then he attacked within a few days, surprising everyone.
So saying, oh, it looks like the executions have stopped.
Is he trying to buy time?
Is it an element of surprise?
Is he getting new information that is causing him to think twice?
He seems to be still making up his mind about what is happening on the ground in Iran.
Remember, he said, I like winning.
The end game is to win and to win in Iran.
What is his calculation now?
There's all these cautionary steps giving the impression that he's about to do something.
Embassies telling their nationals to leave Iran immediately.
U.S.
and U.K.
military taking out non-essential personnel from Al Udeid base in Qatar, the U.S.
's biggest military base.
So everyone is thinking, is it going to happen or is it not?
Yes, all those steps for the last two days.
First of all, telling U.S.
citizens who are in Iran to leave, then the U.S.
pulling its troops out of the Al Udeid base, followed by the British.