Philip Gordon, US diplomat and foreign policy researcher: If attacks on 11,000 targets and a months-long siege could not lead to Iran's collapse or surrender, then what results should short-term and intensive military action achieve? Will the result be anything other than Iranian and Houthi reprisals against shipping, oil pipelines and airports, a new spike in oil prices, an increase in losses and a further weakening of public support for the war and support from the countries of the region?

Philip Gordon, US diplomat and foreign policy researcher: If attacks on 11,000 targets and a months-long siege could not lead to Iran's collapse or surrender, then what results should short-term and intensive military action achieve? Will the result be anything other than Iranian and Houthi reprisals against shipping, oil pipelines and airports, a new spike in oil prices, an increase in losses and a further weakening of public support for the war and support from the countries of the region?