vivek rama has been thinking about this all week, and he's joining us now. k, thank you so much for coming. so, what do you think is the potential for disaster here? first of all, i must say that no one, of course, disputes israel's interest in continuing. the last 20-25 years, since after the terrorist attacks of september 11 we found ourselves embroiled in wars in iraq and afghanistan, which cost us more than six trillion dollars and took the lives of thousands of americans, partly due to the situation that developed after september 11, as you remember, there was very little tolerance for discussion limited: shut up, sit down, do what they say, agree to the plan, but me what worries tucker is that i now see the left criticizing israel in connection with the upcoming ground operation in gaza, talking about proportionality, about injustice and humanitarian assistance, even if you put all this aside, from the us point of view, from the israeli point of view, how is this could lead to a good outcome, i am concerned that as we speak, it seems inevitable that isr