Gen. Keane: We are looking at the end here

Gen. Keane: We are looking at the end here

>> Griff: FOX NEWS ALERT. LAW FIRMING MISSILES TOWARDS ISRAEL AS THE REGIME THREATENS AMERICAN INTEREST IN THE REGION. BREAK DOWN WHAT ISRAEL HAS FIRED AT IRAN THIS WEEK AND EXACTLY WHERE U.S. TROOPS ARE LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. FIRST, LET’S LOOK AT THE MISSILE ATTACKS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 30 A DAY. IT HAS TARTED WITH MORE. THEY GOT TWO 2 TO 3,000. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY. THEY STAY ABOUT THE SAME AVERAGE. GOING A LITTLE HIGHER, UPWARDS OF HAD 0 ON THE 14TH AND THE 16TH. AND THEN AS YOU SEE, IT IS STARTING TO COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT EVEN AS IT COMES DOWN, EVEN ON THE SMALLEST MISSILE LAUNCH OF DAYS. YESTERDAY, THEY HIT A CIVILIAN HOSPITAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU. NOW, LET ME JUST MOVE TO THIS. BECAUSE WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL MISSILES THAT ARE FIRING. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPH THE REGION, TEHRAN HERE, ISRAEL IS OVER HERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, GULF STATES, A LOT OF OUR U.S. INTERESTS ARE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE RANGE OF THEM FROM 4500 KILOMETERS ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2,000. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SHORT RANGE MISSILES OFTEN THE IF A TAZHAYAKOV YOU WILL SEE FIRED OUT HERE IT IS THE SHAHAB LASTLY GO BACK TO AS WE SHOWED YOU THAT RANGE OF 2,000, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THIS IS IN THERE TO INCLUDE AL ADEED AIR BASE IN QATAR AND KUWAIT, A LONG TIME AIR BASE FOR US. A LOT OF OUR ASSETS THERE, ALONG WITH DEEP WATER PORT IN BAHRAIN. THAT IS A VERY SENSITIVE SITUATION THE FIFTH FLEET CALLS THAT HOME. THAT IS THE THREAT PICTURE AS WE WAIT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DO, BRIAN? >> Brian: YEAH, WITHIN TWO WEEKS. BRING IN GENERAL JACK KEANE, RETIRED FOUR STAR GENERAL INSTITUTE OF WAR MUST READ EVERY DAY. GENERAL, YOUR THOUGHTS, FIRST OFF, ON THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BALLISTIC MISSILES THAT IRAN HAS BEEN SENDING TO ISRAEL? ARE THEY RUNNING OUT? >> YEAH. THEY DEFINITELY ARE I MEAN, IT STARTED ON THE 14TH. JUST LOOK AT IT IN 24 HOUR PERIOD. 200 ON THE 14TH. THEN 105 THE NEXT DAY. THEN 65 THE NEXT DAY. THEN 35. THEN 30. AND NOW I THINK IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WE’RE DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS. THERE IS NO DOUBT I THINK THEY ARE WITHDRAWING SOME MISSILES AND DON’T INTEND TO USE THEM IN THE EVENT THAT THE UNITED STATES ATTACKS AND THEY MAY BE THINKING RETALIATION AGAINST US. THAT’S A POSSIBILITY. BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING. THE ISRAELIS ARE DESTROYING THEIR MOBILE MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND THAT’S A TOUGH TARGET. >> Brian: ABOUT 70. >> THEY STARTED WITH 320. THEY GOT MORE THAN HALF OF THEM GONE. THEY HAVE HIT THEIR BALLISTIC MISSILE STOCKPILES SO THE MAJORITY OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILES ARE NOW GONE. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A GOOD THING AND, OF COURSE, THEY ARE KILLING THEM AS THEY ARE FLYING INTO ISRAEL ITSELF. THIS IS THE ONLY OFFENSIVE WEAPON THEY REALLY HAVE. IS — THEY ARE FLYING DRONES BUT THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE WHATSOEVER. >> Brian: SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAITING PERIOD, PRESIDENT TWO MORE WEEKS. GOT TO THINK EACH DAY THAT GOES BY WITH THE PACE OF THEM SHOOTING ROCKETS AND ISRAEL TAKING OUT THE LAUNCHERS IT MAKES OUR TROOPS A LITTLE BIT SAFER AND MAKES IT HARDER TO THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HIT SOME OF OUR ASSETS IN THE REGION. MAYBE WE CAN PUT UP A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE TROOPS LOCATED. >> YEAH. WELL, THEY CAN RANGE — IF THEY CAN RANGE ISRAEL THEY CAN RANGE OUR BASES IN THE GULF REGION I ANY THE WAY TO HANDLE THIS AND I’M SURE THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS THING. IF WE ARE GOING TO HELP AT FORDOW BECAUSE THE ISRAELIS HAVE ASKED US TO HELP FINISH THIS KNEW LARR ENTERPRISE OFF ONCE AND FOR ALL AND I CERTAINLY THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT IF THEY ASKED FOR OUR HELP. >> Brian: THEY DID 12 SITES ALREADY. >> THE NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE IS VAST. YOU COVERED IT ALREADY. REDUNDANT AND RESILIENT. SO CAN YOU SPIN UP ENRICHED URANIUM. MULTIPLE SITES ENRICHED URANIUM, THEY DID THAT TO SURVIVE. THE AYATOLLAH GOING INTO THIS AND THE REASON WHY HE HAS NEVER MADE A DEAL IS BECAUSE HE HAD BUILT AN ENTERPRISE TO SURVIVE AN ATTACK. AND HE BELIEVES THEY CAN ABSORB THE ATTACK, SURVIVE IT, RECOVER IT, AND THEN REBUILD THAT IS WHERE THIS GUY IS. I DON’T SEE HIM IN THE NEAR TERM MAKING THE DEAL HERE WHATSOEVER. I THINK AFTER WE TAKE HIS ENTERPRISE DOWN, LOOK IT. THE ISRAELIS HAVE DESTROYED ALL 70 OF THEIR AIR DEFENSE BATTERIES, ALL OF THEM. AIR FORCE GONE. AS WE MENTIONED, 12 NUCLEAR SITES, DAMAGE OR DESCRIBED, WE FINISHED OFF FOR DOUGH ITSELF. AND THEN LEADERSHIP DECAPITATED MILITARY AND NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS. CAN RECOVER NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS IN THE NEAR TERM MAJOR PROBLEM. HERE’S THE OTHER THING. LOOK AT THE ISOLATION THAT IRAN ACTUALLY HAS BRIAN, THE PROXIES IN THE REGION, PARTICULARLY HEZBOLLAH WAS ORGANIZED TO DEFEND IRAN AGAINST ISRAEL. THAT IS WHY THEY INVESTED BILLIONS AND BILLIONS IN DOLLARS. 150,000 ROCKETS, A FORCE OF 60, 70,000 CAPABLE OF FIGHTING. THEY WERE IN SYRIA AS A GROUND FORCE. HOW MUCH HAVE THEY FIRED SINCE THE WAR BEGAN? NOTHING. THEY HAVE THOUSANDS OF MISSILES. WHY HAVEN’T THEY FIRED? THEY HAVE LOST THEIR POLITICAL WILL. THEY THEY ARE DONE. HAMAS CAN’T DO ANYTHING. THE OTHER PROXIES CAN’T DO ANYTHING. WHERE IS RUSSIA AND CHINA? THEY COULD OBVIOUSLY ASSIST IRAN HERE. THEY HAVE MISSILES. >> Brian: RIGHT. >> THIS REGIME IS ISOLATED. THE PROXIES SEE IT AS STRATEGIC PARTNERS SEE IT. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE END HERE. >> Brian: DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT SHOULD GREEN LIGHT A FORDOW HIT USING THE BUNKER BUSTERS? >> YEAH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. >> Brian: DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE? DO YOU WORRY AT ALL ABOUT IT BEING ABLE TO WIPE IT OUT. >> I THINK THERE IS CHALLENGES WHEN YOU ARE GOING 300 FEET BEFORE AT THE BOTTOM OF A MOUNTAIN. WE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY DONE THAT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T DO IT. NORMANDY DID I WAS 50/50. IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T DO IT. THE ALTERNATIVE, I THINK IS, UNACCEPTABLE. >> Brian: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT’S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DNI, DO YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE ADVISING HIM TO DO. THIS I WOULD SUSPECT THEY ARE. WHAT THEY DO IS LAY OUT OPTIONS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EVERYTHING. THEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD ASK WHAT’S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING THIS ERIC CARE RIL LA THE CENTCOM COMMANDER HE IS ONE OF THE BEST WE HAVE HAD IN UNIFORM OPERATIONAL COMMANDER. HE HAS HIS ACT TOGETHER. IS HE STEADY AS CAN BE. >> Brian: DOES THE PRESIDENT TRUST HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN HE WAS WORKING FOR JOE BIDEN AND THEY HAD ATTACKED US OVER 350 TIMES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD. JUST LISTEN TO WHAT I JUST SAID TO YOU. >> Brian: RIGHT. >> HE WANTED TO RESPOND. HE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PMENT. HE GAVE THEM A TARGET LIST OF 120. HE DIDN’T WANT TO HIT THE PROXIES THAT WERE HITTING US. HE WANTED TO HIT IRAN TO SHUT IT DOWN. AND THEY NEVER GAVE HIM PERMISSION. HE HAS A PRESIDENT NOW. >> Brian: THAT WILL LISTEN. >> WHO IS LISTENING. >> Brian: CALL HIM THE GORILLA. THE “NEW YORK TIMES” TODAY A SHORT TIME AGO IRAN REJECTS TRUMP’S CALL TO SURRENDER WITH THE WAR WITH ISRAEL. >> PREDICTABLE. HE WANTS TO SURVIVE. THIS THE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THE STRIKE THE WAY THEY ARE HANDLING THE STRIKE, GET MESSAGE TO THE EYE TOLLLA. MR. AYATOLLAH, WE ARE CONDUCTING AN AIRSTRIKE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL’S WAR AND YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY. AND IT’S A ONE-OFF STRIKE. WE’RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE. IF YOU RETALIATE, AGAINST US, THEN, ALL BETS ARE OFF. WE’RE GOING TO COME FOR YOU WITH CONSEQUENTIAL FORCE. AND THAT WOULD PUT HIS EXISTENCE AND HIS REGIME ON THE TABLE. >> Brian: I HOPE THE PRESIDENT IS >> Brian: FOX NEWS ALERT, PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARING FOR NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFING AT 11:00 IN THE OVAL OFFICE AS A SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS THEY WILL REJECT ANY DEAL WITH ZERO EN >> Rich:MENT AND WILL NOT SURRENDER. BRING IN JACK KEANE, INSTITUTE OF STUDY OF WAR. GENERAL, YOUR TAKE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF THE PRESIDENT SAID I NEED YOU IN THE OVAL OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE, WHAT WOULD YOU EMPHASIZE? >> Jack Keane: HE’S HAD FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS ON THIS, WE DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS ON ALL THE MEETINGS. I THINK FROM THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU LOOK FROM MARCO RUBIO’S RESPONSIBILITIES, THIS IS HUGE STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE NOT HAD IN 45 YEARS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING AND ENDING IRAN AS BEING THE NUMBER ONE ADVERSARY THAT HAS DOMINATED THE REGION IN TERMS OF INSTABILITY. THEY HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR 45 YEARS. AS YOU POINTED OUT, HISTORY OF KILLING AMERICANS DURING THAT TIME FRAME IS SIGNIFICANT. THEIR OVERALL BEHAVIOR. AS RESULT OF DIMINISHING THIS REGIME AND TAKING AWAY NUCLEAR CAPABILITY, TAKING AWAY MUCH OF MILITARY CAPABILITY, ISOLATING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS WE MENTION IN THE LAST HOUR, PROXIES AREN’T HELPING THEM. >> Brian: THEIR ALLIES ARE NOT HELPING THEM. >> Jack Keane: CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE NOTS HELPING THEM, THEY EXPECTED, FUNDED HEZBOLLAH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM AND THEY WERE THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. NUMBER TWO, PRIMARY REASON WAS TO DEFEND IRAN IN THE EVENT OF WAR WITH ISRAEL. THEY HAVE NOT FIRED A SHOT, THEY LOST THE WILL. WHAT THAT PRESENTS IS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO END THIS. AFTERALL, THIS IS ISRAEL’S WAR AND WE’RE GOING TO HELP END IT AND END DOMINATION OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. THAT IS IA PAIR PARADIGM SHIFT THAT WILL RESETS THE MIDDLE EAST FOR YEARS TO COME AND LIKELY BE A CATALYST FOR WHAT WE WANT TO SEE WHICH IS NORMALIZATION OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, THE SO-CALLED ABRAHAM ACCORD, THAT WILL PUT US ON THE PATH FOR THAT. >> Brian: IT WOULD LOOSEN THE GRIP IRAN HAS ON IRAQ. IT IS A SUBTLE GAIN. SYRIA WAS NOT BACKED BY RUSSIA AND DIMINISHED BY ISRAEL, ALLOWED SYRIA TO GET A NEW GOVERNMENT NOT ALIGNED WITH RUSSIA OR IRAN. THEY ARE NOT BOMBING US AND SAID THEY WILL DEAL WITH ISRAEL, THAT IS A RIPPLE EFFECT. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ASSETS IN THE REGION AND MAYBE YOU SIT THERE IF YOU WERE IN A MILITARY BRIEFING RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE BASED AND WHAT WORRIES THE PRESIDENT MOST. THEY COULD BE TARGETS. IF YOU CAN’T GO GET U.S. ASSET AND AIRCRAFT CARRIER, MAYBE GET 2500 IN IRAQ WITH 400 IN SYRIA, WHAT WORRIES MOST THERE? WHO IS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE? >> Jack Keane: I THINK AND IN HISTORY THERE IS EVIDENCE OF IT. EASIEST TARGET FOR IRANIANS TO HIT IS RIGHT THERE IN IRAQ AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID WHEN WE KILLED SOLEIMANI. THE OTHER THING — >> Brian: WE HAVE MISSILE DEFENSE THERE, DON’T WE? >> Jack Keane: THEY DO, THEY CAN FLY DRONES AND OTHER THINGS AT IT. THE PRESIDENT MAY BE WAITING TO GET THIS SECOND CARRIER STRIKE GROUP IN THE AREA. A FEW DAYS AGO IT WAS PROBABLY A WEEK OUT, SO PROBABLY SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF TRANSIT, NOT SO MUCH TO PROTECT THE TROOPS, I THINK WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO DO THAT, BUT TO DEAL WITH RETALIATION IN THE EVENT IRAN ATTACKS US. WE HAVE TO MAKE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR TO THE AYATOLLAH, WE’RE IN THIS TO SUPPORT ISRAEL, THEY ARE OUR ALLY WITH INTELLIGENCE, LOGISTICS, A LOT OF MUNITIONS THEY HAVE ARE FROM US. THEY WANT US TO TAKE OUT THIS ONE TARGET AND MAKE IT CLEAR, IT IS STILL ISRAEL’S WAR AND WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THIS TARGET OUT. IF YOU ATTACK US, THEN YOU HAVE US INVOLVED IN A WAR. OUR REACTION TO THAT WILL BE VERY SIGNIFICANT. >> Brian: THEY WARNED US NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WILL ATTACK US. YOU SAID TAKE CONTROL OF THAT CONVERSATION. >> Jack Keane: MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, WE’RE GOING TO RESPOND AND THEN YOU BROUGHT US INTO THE WAR IF YOU DO THAT. >> Brian: THE STORY OUT TODAY IS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TELLING HIS CONFIDANTS I’M WORRIED ABOUT THIS BEING LIBYA AND IT BECOMES A TERROR HAVEN AND RUSSIA HAS SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE IN LIBYA, WHERE THEY DIDN’T HAVE IT BEFORE, IS HE RIGHT TO WORRY ABOUT THAT? >> Jack Keane: I THINK THEY ARE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. IRAN IS AN EDUCATED CLASS EVER PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A VIBRANT MIDDLE CLASS AND WEALTHY UPCLASS DESPITE ALL THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THEY HAVE HAD UNDER THIS PARTICULAR REGIME. LIBYA WAS AN IMPOVERISHED COUNTRY AND NOT WILDLY EDUCATED COUNTRY LIKE THIS COUNTRY IS. I THINK THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A POWER STRUGGLE IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE, POLITICAL GROUPS WOULD FORM AND DON’T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE, I THINK THE IRANIAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT IT AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT LAST 45 YEARS. >> Brian: IF YOU COULD DRY UP THE MONEY GOING TO HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH, LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST GET BETTER ESPECIALLY IF IRAN IS NOT A NUCLEAR POWER. THAT IS BEST CASE SCENARIO, IT COULD BE A LIKELY SCENARIO. WE’LL FIND OUT IN NEXT FEW DAYS FCHL YOUR ADVICE AND PRESIDENT SAID GENERAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU WOULD SAY DO IT? >> Jack Keane: YES, CERTAINLY. ISRAEL LIKELY HAS PLANS TO DO THIS IN THE EVENT WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. THOSE PLANS ARE MORE AT RISK, IT LIKELY WOULD INVOLVE GROUND TROOPS AND TWO, RISK TO TROOPS AND RISK IN TERMS OF MISSION ACCOMPLISH

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