Lise Doucette

Last year when Iran retaliated for the U.S.

strike, it was the Al Udeid base which came under attack.

He is said to have been presented with a range of options.

We don't know what they are.

We can only speculate.

But could it be symbolic, something which doesn't cause a lot of damage but sends a very strong signal and is a warning salvo?

Is it something which goes to the heart of the regime and actually threatens those who are in power?

So in other words, a message to the leadership.

Is it even more blistering?

Is it a huge salvo?

hitting, for example, the assets, the bases of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

They are the most formidable of forces in the Islamic Republic.

There is a range of options for the biggest military in the world.

President Trump, as the commander-in-chief, has a very big toolbox with very sharp tools.

Military, cyber, sanction, sending Starlink terminals.

He could do a lot and do a lot of damage, but there are consequences with each choice.

Regimes are not brought down in that way.

We don't really know what President Trump is going to do tonight or tomorrow.

We don't know what his endgame in Iran is.

Is he thinking of democracy?