Philip Gordon, American diplomat and foreign policy researcher: If strikes on 11,000 targets and a months-long siege failed to lead to Iran's collapse or surrender, then what results should a short-term and intensive military operation achieve? Will it result in anything other than retaliation by Iran and the Houthis against shipping, pipelines and airports, a new spike in oil prices, an increase in casualties, and a further weakening of public support for the war and support from regional countries?

Philip Gordon, American diplomat and foreign policy researcher: If strikes on 11,000 targets and a months-long siege failed to lead to Iran's collapse or surrender, then what results should a short-term and intensive military operation achieve? Will it result in anything other than retaliation by Iran and the Houthis against shipping, pipelines and airports, a new spike in oil prices, an increase in casualties, and a further weakening of public support for the war and support from regional countries?