Mark Halperin

But it's a problem if we think about a war of choice in the view of a lot of these countries that is right now disrupting the world economy.

and could, if things continue, if the Strait isn't open, put pressure.

So it's not hampering the United States right now, but if things continue to be bad, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, the lack of a coalition of the willing.

to help reopen the Gulf, the Strait, for instance.

It's a problem.

Tensions with Israel.

Again, incredible historic alliance between the United States and Israel to launch this attack on Iran, to try to deal with all the issues of the Navy and the terror and the missiles and eventually nuclear.

But there are tensions now between the United States and Israel.

And I'm hearing them more and more in my reporting.

Again, is it going to destroy the mission?

No, but it is a problem.

OK, and the environment in the United States matters.

It matters what public opinion says matters and increasing signs in the last couple of days of.

this conflict being framed in negative terms.

Here's some stuff from Fox and Friends.

This is from Fox and Friends on Thursday morning.

This is not all their coverage, and they had plenty of pieces of coverage that were more upbeat about how things are going.

But this is representative of the tone of how they started their show, 6 a.m.

on Thursday morning.

This is S2, Fox and Friends.