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this is CBS. I own the world. I'm John Bachelor. welcoming Jonathan Schandler,

Senior Vice President for the Foundation of Defense of democracies to comment on the large

stories that are all one to do with the attack by Hamas October 7th of 2023 on Israel and what that is

meant to the region and immediately to the American political canvas.

We start with Iran because Iran is the driver.

And yet, Jonathan, a very good evening to you, thank you for this.

Iran launches Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis,

the Khatyba Hezbollah, various gangs on the West Bank.

And then, at that war goes badly for its surrogates and then Iran

launches with the excuse of the April 1st targeted killing of the commander of all of those surrogates.

With that excuse in mind, Iran launches a barrage against Israel of drones, ballistic missiles, and other bad acting.

Israel responds. Right now, the... missiles and other bad acting. Is there a response.

Right now, the response, my reporting comes to an anti-air unit in and around the Isfahan Air Base, which is in and around a nuclear facility associated

with Isfahan.

Can you help me understand what that was meant to communicate to the Mullahs?

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