I'm John Batser with my good colleague Colonel Jeff McCausen, the United States Army retired

CBS News, Dickinson College, Diamond Six Leadership and Strategy.

The threat from Iran, the threat from Lebanon.

Both threats are still in place issued over the graves of targeted killings to do with

gangsters. In the case of Hezbollah, the man who's dead is associated with the

marine bombing of 1983. In the case of Hamas, the man who's

dead, one of the leaders vouchsafing the murder raid of October 7th. They're gone but the Ayatollah in Iran and the

Nasrallah General Secretary of the Hezbollah in Beirut issued threats. We're

told now bouncing headlines that they both Tehran and Beirut have issued

caveats. Lawyer talk for maybe if, and the if has to do with a negotiation said to be set for Cairo

within the next 24 hours Hamas and Israel. At the same time we have a headline from Israel. At the same time we have a headline from Israel that Synwar, the now

absolute head of Hamas, he's not permitted anyone to replace the debt the

empty position, so he's taken all the power for himself as an autocrat

says that a precondition for the talks. Pre-conditioned is that the IDF leaves Gaza. That is not going to happen. So Jeff at this point, your measure of the Iran

threat and the Hezbollah threat. Is there a priority to concern ourselves with? Is there a way to anticipate this?

Given that I'm told as of yesterday the idea remains at full alert and believes that Iran's attacking?

Yeah, I think that's exactly right, Jop. There's supposed to be negotiations ongoing today in Qatar.

Those seem to be perhaps stillborn at best.

Unless there's a dramatic diplomatic surprise,

then we're back to the high high high probability of an imminent attack by

Iran. And the question I think they've got to answer is they want a

Goldilock solution. Not too cold, not too hot, and just right. Not too cold cold they fired about 300 ballistic missiles cruise missiles and drones at Israel about 12 to 14 days after Israel killed several high-ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guard general officers in Syria,

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