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It's 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18th here in New York City. It's 5.30 a.m. on Thursday,

June 19th in Israel after Israelis were on the receiving end of more missile attacks from Iran, albeit

much fewer than in previous nights. As we record, the big question continues to be, will President Trump order an American

strike on Iran, specifically on Fordo?

Trump has been consistently speaking and posting on the matter, saying that Iran cannot

have nuclear weapons and that Iran has made a grave mistake

by failing to sign a deal when they had a chance. According to the Wall Street Journal,

President Trump has approved the attack plan on Iran, but is holding off giving the final order.

The U.S. has started evacuating some diplomatic personnel from its embassy

in Israel through emergency flights and ships, and also embassy staff or embassy staff families

from capitals in the Sunni Gulf states are also evacuating many of their homes and those

countries. There are also reports that the American military has relocated some aircrafts and ships

from bases in the Middle East that could be vulnerable to an Iranian strike.

Most surprising, and perhaps revealing, is that even those senior Trump administration officials,

including some in or near the president's

inner circle, most opposed to direct U.S. involvement are themselves explaining that, one,

President Trump has always, going back almost a decade, made clear that he was opposed to Iran

getting a nuclear weapon. Two, that the president has become fed up with Iran's inability or unwillingness to negotiate a real deal.

And three, that the chances of ending this war and ending a possible Iranian nuclear threat go up to something like 90% or higher if the U.S. handles this rather than

Israel handling the last phase alone. And of course, these officials remind us, Iran has been a

consistent threat to the U.S. There was, of course, the 1979 hostage crisis. In 1983, Hezbollah, backed by Iran, killed 241 Marines in Beirut.

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