and jeffrey goldberg is national correspondent of the atlantic. in september 2001 he published a highly discussed and debated piece entitled the point of no return on the possibility of a military strike on iran's nuclear sites. this was a cover story in the atlantic. it was thoroughly and scrupulously researched. jeffrey kueter great job appears into the minds of israeli leaders come and what i would like to how i would like to start, just become ask you to recapitulate your thing, your thesis from that an update is on and start with that as sort of a basis for discussion. >> thanks. thank you. thank you, cliff. i'll be very brief on this. i was curious, i guess about, well, i've been curious for a while because we keep hearing that israel is six to nine months away from bombing of a. we for that for about a dozen years. so i was curious when we actually were. i'm fascinated by, i guess the point of departure for me as i'm fascinated by the prime minister and his understanding of jewish history and the role that the israeli prime minister after t

jeffrey goldberg is national respondent for "the atlantic."e published the point of no return on the possibility of military strike on iran's nuclear sights. this was a cover story in the atlantic, it was researched. jeffrey did a great job appearing into the minds of the israeli leaders. what i'd like to start, jeffrey, is to ask you to retell your theme, your thesis from that piece, update us, and start with that as a sort of basis for our discussion. >> thanks. thank you. thank you, cliff. i'll be very brief on this. i was curious, i guess about -- well, i've been curious for a while. because we keep hearing that israel is six to nine months away from bombing iran. heard that for about a dozen years. i was curious where we were. i'm fascinated -- i guess the point of departure is i'm fascinated by the prime minister and his understanding of jewish history and the role of an israeli prime minister after the holocaust. i'm particularly interested in this because i'm a huge reader of his father's work, particularly on the spanish inquisition.