bilal wahab is a fellow at the washingtonnstitute for near east policy, a foreign policy think tank. and kirsten fontenrose is director of the middle east security initiative at the atlantic council. shioe ly served as senior director for gulf affairs on the national security council staff during the trump adminisation. bilal, how connected is hezbollah to iran? >> the closest any militia can get to iran, that is a documentary that iran has made lebrating the leader of h hezbollah in which he clearly says that he sees himself as a member of the larger iranian-led resistance against the united stats and israel. >> schifrin: so christine krists that believe iran is attacking the embassy? >> we believe it is a direct relatiknship. we als the number two deputy announcedesterday that theyavthe backing from tehran, the thumbs up from urhran to go full throttle againstorces in iraq. >> schifrin: let's talk about the last couplof days, the strikes on sunday. wwere talking toou earlier. you said the u.s. is falling into an iranian trap, that the'now a proxy war between the u.s. and iran insid