"[T]he Israelis were pushing President Obama to take military action against Iran, and were warning that they would do it themselves if he didn't... [H]e wouldn't because he thought the better way to get to the nuclear program... was through... muscular diplomacy, backed up by... strong sanctions that we rallied the world to put in place, and then we got the Iran nuclear agreement. ...[A]fter the on Israel by Hamas, the Israelis were insisting that ...Hezbollah from Lebanon were about to attack, and they wanted to strike preemptively ...and President Biden said ...we'll always be with you in defending Israel ...if you're attacked, we're there, but we're not there if you're going to start something. ...I can't speak to what the dynamic was this time, ...There's been a shifting rationale ...[or] explanation for why this, why now? ...That's why it's so important to have ...laid this out before the American people, and our partners and allies. We might have had less friction with them if there was a compelling case ...and had them on the take-off, not mid-flight or on the landing."