Mark Halperin
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He couldn't be a bigger supporter of dealing with the threats posed by Iran.
And he said this is a big concern.
This has to be addressed.
The U.S.
has to win the battle over the Strait of Hormuz to win the war against Iran.
So I'm not predicting defeat.
I'm not arguing for anything.
I'm just telling you, based on my reporting, today and the last two days have not been good for this effort.
And there's a lot of daunting factors out there.
The president's going to have to dig deep.
His team's going to have to dig deep.
The coalition, to the extent there is one with Israel and others, needs to dig deep.
And he's going to have to ask the American people to dig deep.
This is not going to be easy.
No idea how long it's going to go on for, but it is not going to be easy no matter how long it takes.
All right, that's my reported monologue for today.
Send me a note.
Let me know what you think.
Am I being too negative or maybe too positive about where things are?
What are you hearing out there?