the former foreign secretary, sir malcolm rifkind, joins us now from our westminster studio. not taking it lying down. it has been a pretty tame response. missiles randomly fired at bases in the middle of the night, probably no casualties. that is not very significant. i would casualties. that is not very significant. iwould not casualties. that is not very significant. i would not rule out, though, that it takes time to actually plan if they want something more dramatic. they might still have in mind trying to assassinate some senior american military figure or someone of that kind, or a more dramatic military response. i am not saying that will happen, the iranian foreign minister said they are now concluded their response. if that is so, that is a very significant sign of the ultimate weakness of iran in military terms, and of course they never could contemplate defeating the united states. but if all they are able to do when one of their most seniorfigures has been eliminated is the response we saw last night, that says something about the capability of that country and h