This is John Batchelor, conversation with General Blaine Holt, US Air Force retired, about the

attack on Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel by the Iranian rocket forces.

And what Iran learned, what we learned

on those moments when you could see the interceptions high overhead

from Jerusalem. This is Blaineholt to describe right

now what Iran has learned from our response and what the strength is that we possess and how that strength can be

deployed except the facts of the matter await response by Israel and then his Blaine Holt to comment. More of this later.

Well I think what I think what Iran's learning is that that coalition that was brought together so quickly comes from years and

years of training and interactions at the military officer level. So when we get to the

very top levels of leadership, they may perceive

weakness that actually at the tactical level does not exist. When you talk about

the practitioners and the profession of arms the colonels the lieutenant

colonels the senior NCOs in the West they are as every bit as capable as they

were years ago.

And so if American foreign policy is weak

and we have seen that it has been that way since Kabul,

it can give the enemy, and let's just be very clear North Korea, Russia, China, and Iran are in some form of an alliance.

It can give them the false perception that they have opportunities that don't really exist.

What I am concerned about next is how much daylight between United States foreign policy

and the Israelis will exist when Israel inevitably responds to this attack and I do believe that they will.