if jen griffin says don't be surprised if this retaliatory response lasts for days.'s already receiving criticism, larry, and that's because republicans and general critics of the biden administration and its military response, they say that they waited too long, that this comes six days after the initial attack, that it gave iran time toe their military members out of areas that might be susceptible to attack. and, in fact, lindsey graham says that unless the u.s. starts to attack iranian soil, think their oil infrastructure or members of the revolutionary guard or other personnel within the iranian government, that they're not going to receive the message. that being said, the white house thinks this is enough to deter more attacks in the middle ooh easts and to protect u.s. troops. as we said, they have been signaling for some time now, for several days, that these attacks were going to happen and now the airstrike ises have begun in iraq and syria. larry: so, grady, there are multiple strikes over multiple days. we don't know if iran is ruled out, hitting iran. w