This is John Batchel, conversation with John Bolton, former National Security Advisor, writing

in the Independent, about the choice for Bibi Netanyahu. The success of the counterstrike

against Iran's air defenses means that they no longer exist. The choice ahead is, has Bibi

Netanyahu done enough to disarm Hezbollah and Hamas and the other bad actors?

Or is there more to be done, the nuclear program, ending the Tehran regime entirely?

More of this tonight.

John Bolton on the success of the Israeli airstrike and what comes next?

I don't think we do, but I will say this. Israel is now systematically dismembering

Hamas and Hezbollah, which for decades have been pillars of Iran's strength in the region.

And it's not over yet. There's still a lot of work to be done. We can't see the future entirely

clearly. But the Middle East is of work to be done. We can't see the future entirely clearly,

but the Middle East is going to look substantially different if Israel can finish the job against

those two terrorist organizations. And the consequences of Israel's last raid, a real raid for a change

on Iran, leave that country's air defenses in a shambles, meaning that the targets from the

nuclear program, oil infrastructure, other military targets are now fully open to an Israeli attack.

So I think Iran is in a very weak position. It may not retaliate. That may be its conclusion,

but Iran is being systematically weakened by this incredible performance by the Israeli military.