On Monday's broadcast of "CNN News Central," CNN Military Analyst and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) stated that the Houthis and Iran react to rhetoric from the Biden administration by saying, "they don't want it to escalate, well, let's do it again and make them escalate." And "as long as the United States is holding back and saying, oh please, don't do this to us, oh, please, stop, it's like saying to the bully on the street, oh, please don't hit me again, he's going to hit you again."