kimberly dosier of the associated press has been reporting on the dramatic raid and bob baer our old s an intelligence columnist for "time" magazine. do the play by play and we'll get the commentary from bob. i use these happy terms because it turned out incredibly well. all nine kidnappers killed, none of the rescuers killed. the hostages taken completely without injury. >> nine kidnappers killed. it was a high risk raid, a joint special operations raid. the s.e.a.l.s parachuted in from a distance and then hiked to the site, which was an open encampment. they quickly subdued the attackers. there was a brief firefight. some of them were actually asleep. they secured the hostages and then army special operations helicopters flew in, took away the s.e.a.l.s, took away the hostages, all of them unharmed. >> did they go in with those infrared goggles that can see in the night? is that how they did it with that incredible advantage? >> that is one way they could have done it. they're not giving us too many of the tactics and techniques used on the ground because there are other hostages ou

if bob baer is right saying this is an attempt to try to get us in by trying to get the iranians madsinations, if that's seen to manipulate us into a war we don't want to get into, how can we not see that as hostile? >> i'm not sure if it's to draw the u.s. into a war, but it gives israel the ability to do this action unilaterally. i don't think israel would tell the united states they are going to do it. we would wake up and it's happened. they would need to tell saudi arabia to give them fly-over rights, but i don't think the israelis expect the u.s. to do this for them. >> last thought from you, bob. i thought you were saying -- maybe you were. let's get it clear. you are saying israel is trying to provoke the iranians into attacking us or attacking them? what are they trying provoke here? >> if we are attacked, it gives the israelis and americans, it puts them on the same side with no choice but to hit the iranians. they need our air force to complete the job. they can't do it alone. >> this is something we'll be talking about from now to election day. i've been reading elliott a

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