calculus

In the end, Roberts’ said the team’s decision will come down to a simple calculus.

The calculus is based on a 2015 prophesy by Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, that within 25 years, the Jewish state would disappear.

Last week's extraordinary targeting of thousands of Hezbollah operatives through their pagers and walkie-talkies seems to have altered the calculus.

If that calculus is ever to change, investments like those championed by Harris must be made — and not treated as a political football.

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.