Right now, no one really knows what will become of rapidly-deteriorating U.S.-Iran relations.

President Trump seemed to signal in a Wednesday television address that things with Iran will remain stable but left the option of military action still very much on the table. Meanwhile, top U.S. officials have taken to cable news shows to justify the Trump administration’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week, and the president has warned that dozens of sites (both military and cultural) will be bombed if Iran lashes out more significantly than last night’s fireworks show.