I'm not even quite sure how to phrase some of these questions. I'll just start with things I would like to know, and whether you're able to tell me or not is another question.
I can imagine how, in the early stages like this, things would be fairly straightforward. I can also imagine how, as you described at some point earlier, this is an evolving situation. I've also listened to a number of the debates on news shows and news channels from the U.S. in the last few days, and the kind of speculation that is part of those shows about what the real U.S. purposes are, how far they imagine this situation will evolve, and what kinds of goals they may have.
When you have rules of engagement like this--and it's just to help me think through this--and a few different actors that are part of it, is it fairly normal for people to interpret the rules of engagement somewhat differently, from one actor to another?