i was introduced to c-span through bbc news broadcasting 20 years ago. unfortunately, they stopped a few years ago. i hope bbc will reconsider the decision and start broadcasting c-span again because the u.s. is an important ally and we should know more about u.s. politics and their attitudes about world affairs. that is the first thing i wanted to say. secondly, to your guest, mr. bowman, i want to say when you are dealing with a religious regime like iran that believes in self-destruction, we have to accept that deterrence does not work. we keep getting western politicians applying western solutions to middle eastern problems. in the middle east, in order for any deterrence to have an impact , the attack has to be at least three times any attack. unfortunately on this occasion , the attack was too little and would have no mom -- almost no impact on the iranian attitude. i wish the western politicians with think again about how to advise allies in the middle east. guest: thank you for the call. a lot of significant points. i will try to address a few of