Tim Rice

better than it eventually pulled.

And these things go up and down.

And these things go up and down.

I think one thing that people are missing in this debate and one thing we're hearing a lot here in Washington from the president's supporters is that it's very easy to fall back into the rhetoric of he said no more forever wars.

I think one thing that people are missing in this debate and one thing we're hearing a lot here in Washington from the president's supporters is that it's very easy to fall back into the rhetoric of he said no more forever wars.

He promised no more, you know, regime change in the Middle East.

He promised no more, you know, regime change in the Middle East.

And yes, while this sort of smacks of that, I think much like we saw with Maduro, the president and this administration are really hitting the message that their goal is not for it to be a forever war.

And yes, while this sort of smacks of that, I think much like we saw with Maduro, the president and this administration are really hitting the message that their goal is not for it to be a forever war.

Their goal is for it to be decisive, successful, and then to hand things over to the Iranian people.

Their goal is for it to be decisive, successful, and then to hand things over to the Iranian people.

So I would expect to see a lot of vacillations in the coming days.

So I would expect to see a lot of vacillations in the coming days.

I mean, the two big news stories out this morning, obviously the fatalities, that's going to make this a little bit less popular.

I mean, the two big news stories out this morning, obviously the fatalities, that's going to make this a little bit less popular.

But

But

not an entirely equal counterbalance, but something else to throw into the mix, the reports that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been killed.

not an entirely equal counterbalance, but something else to throw into the mix, the reports that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been killed.

I mean, he was a big villain in the American political lexicon for a long time and in the formative years of a lot of people in our prime voting bloc.