Richard Miniter

And they have spent decades digging these tunnels and digging these bunkers, not just for their atomic weapons, but for their conventional weapons.

And the after action review is showing to the Pentagon's horror that the Iranians have repaired and rebuilt a lot of the things that the Americans bombed.

And that some of the bombing that the US carried out was incomplete and that many military targets remain.

So they do not feel militarily defeated.

And they have not thought they've lost their grip on the country.

So they are very determined foes.

And I cannot see-

Right.

War is about real estate, but it's not truly about real estate.

It involves real estate, right?

Right.

It's like the old one about the ham and eggs, right?

The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed, right?

It's an old Democratic Party saying.

But anyway, look, the Iranians face incredible downsides from making a deal and no real upside.

Why should they?

In their minds, they're making Netanyahu and Trump suffer.

They believe Israeli and Western media that both of those leaders are hanging on by their fingernails.

They see a number of events on the calendar, World Cup, just one of them, where they will exert outsized pressure.

They know elections are coming in both countries.