mara karlin worked at theon penturing the george w. and was appointed to a senior position during the obama administration. she's now director of strategic studies at johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. and, michael doran was senior director for the middle east on the national security council during the george w. bush administration. n he a senior fellow at the hudson institute, a think tank in washington, d.c. mara k you. let me start with i guess i have to get your response. the iranian revolutionaryauard corps isng credit for these attacks and saying that these are rocket attacks from iran into iraq at u.s. bases. could we get youe?r respo >> yes, this is probably the first event that we will see of a slew of others, nick. the u.s. set a new bar by killing qassim soleimani, who we can all agree was a horrific human being, who was democrat stroffic for u.s. nationa i securierest, but in killing him, it's a new bar, and now the iranians are starting to retaliate, and i suspect we will see a lot more in and around