‘THE GAME IS UP’: Rubio says Iran’s days of ‘playing the world’ are over

‘THE GAME IS UP’: Rubio says Iran’s days of ‘playing the world’ are over

FOX NEWS STARTING ON “SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES” NEXT. >> GOOD MORNING, TODAY BREAKING NEWS A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND THE WORLD, THE U.S. BOMBS IRAN. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AUTHORIZING THE U.S. MILITARY TO STRIKE THREE OF IRAN’S MOST LETHAL NUCLEAR SITES LAST NIGHT WE KNOW OF NO WHO HUMAN CASUALTIES BUT THE NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE APPEARS TO BE TO ENTER BADLY DAMAGED AND THE BIGGEST FARMER ACTION WE’VE EVER SEEN. INCLUDING OF LIBERATING IRAN SIGNIFICANT URANIAN ENRICHED FORDOW SITE BUILT UNDERGROUND OF THE MOUNTAINS AND IRAN. HERE WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST NIGHT. >> I CAN REPORT TO THE WORLD THAT THE STRIKES WERE SPECTACULAR MILITARY SUCCESS. IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT FACILITY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY OBLITERATED. FOR 40 YEARS IRAN HAS BEEN SAYING THAT TO AMERICA, DEATH TO ISRAEL BUT IF PEACE DOES NOT COME QUICKLY, WE WILL GO AFTER THOSE OTHER TARGETS WITH PRECISION SPEED AND SKILL. MARIA: JOINED ME IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE U.S. ACTION IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF AMERICA SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ARE WE NOW AT WAR WITH IRAN? >> NO THIS IS NOT A WAR AGAINST IRAN THIS IS VERY SIMPLE 67 DAYS AGO THE PRESIDENT SAID THE IRANIANS A LETTER AND IS THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS YOU WILL NOT HAVE A MILITARY’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM MUST NEGOTIATE I WOULD DO THIS DIPLOMATICALLY AND PEACEFULLY AND THEY TRIED TO PLAY ALONG LIKE THEY PLAYED EVERY AMERICAN PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS AND THE PRESIDENT TOLD THEM IF WE DON’T GET A DEAL WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE TO HANDLE IT DIFFERENTLY AND THAT’S REALLY GOOD LAST NIGHT HE HANDLED IT DIFFERENTLY THAT WAS IRANIAN CHOICE WE DIDN’T MAKE THAT THEY DID BY PLAYING GAMES WITH DONALD TRUMP AND AN PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTIVE, THE WORLD TODAY IS SAFER AND MORE STABLE THAN IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO. A BUNCH OF THE COUNTRIES PUTTING OUT STATEMENTS CONDEMNING US PRIVATELY THEY ALL AGREE THIS MEETING TO BE DONE THEY GOT INTO WHAT THEY GET OUT OF DO WITH THEIR OWN PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICES. THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD UNHAPPY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN IRAN LAST NIGHT IS THE REGIME AND I. MARIA: HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANYONE IN IRAN AND ARE YOU EXPECTING RETALIATION? >> IF THEY RETALIATE THAT BE THE WORST MISTAKE THEY EVERYBODY. WE CAN FLY IN AND OUT OF IRAN AT WILL WE WENT INTO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MILITARY FORCES HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD WENT AND CONDUCTED OPERATION, LEFT NOT A SHOT WAS FIRED AGAINST IT, THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BY THE TIME WE LEFT THE PLANES OUT OF THEIR AIRSPACE BY THE TIME THEY REALIZE THEY WERE HIT IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE IF IRAN RETALIATE. THAT’S NOT OUR GOAL WERE NOT DECLARING WAR ON IRAN WERE NOT LOOKING FOR WORK ON IRAN BUT IF THEY ATTACK US THAT WE HAVE CAPABILITIES THEY HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN. IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE ON THEIR PART AND IT’S NOT WHAT WE HOPE FOR OR WISH WE WANT TO ENSURE IRAN NEVER HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THEY WANT A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM WITH POWER PLANTS LIKE A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD HAVE THEY DO THAT THAT’S THE DEAL OFFERED TO THEM THEY REJECTED THEY PLAYED US AND TRIED TO PLAY US, THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND TO OFFERS THEY DISAPPEARED FOR TEN DAYS. THE PRESIDENT HAD TO TAKE ACTION AS A RESPONSE. MARIA: THE RESPONSE INCLUDED STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE PLAN IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS DECEPTIVE NOT ALLOWING IRANIANS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS REALLY TAKING PLACE. >> WHEN WE DO THESE IT’S ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR TROOPS IN OUR AIR AMENDED ALL THOSE SUPPORTING THE MISSIONS, YOU KNOW THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IS IMPORTANT IN MILITARY TACTICS I DON’T THINK IRANIANS OR ANYONE SHOULD’VE BEEN UNDER MYSTERY, THE PRESIDENT SAID CLEARLY WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO MAKE PROGRESS AND IF I DON’T GOING TO DEAL WITH IT DIFFERENTLY. IN TERMS OF DECEPTION AND SURPRISING THINGS OF THIS NATURE THE CORE OF THAT AND THE MISSION WAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER WHAT THE COURT WAS PROTECTING HER SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN IN HARM’S WAY IN CONDUCTING THE MISSION PLUS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THEY WENT AND ENDED WITH A NEEDED TO DO WITH PRECISION AND SKILL THEN WHETHER MILITARY IN THE WORLD CAN DO AND THEY LEFT OUTSIDE OF IRANIAN AIRSPACE BEFORE THE REGIME REALIZE WHAT IT HAPPENED, THAT WAS THE GOAL AND THAT WAS EXCEEDING THESE PLANES CAME FROM HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD IRAN, NO ONE SAW THEM COMING, THAT’S A HUGE CREDIT TO PETE HEGSETH AND GENERAL KAINE AND GENERAL CARRILLO IN OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ARE PULLING THAT OFF. >> THE PRESIDENT SAID IN A POST RECENTLY HE KNOWS WHERE THE SUPREME LEADER IS HIDING BUT HE WAS NOT READY TO TAKE THEM OUT YET. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATION WITH REGARD TO REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN. >> THAT IS NOT THE GOAL OF WHAT WERE WORKING ON THE GOAL STATED VERY CLEARLY THE RESIDENT SENT THE SUPREME LEADER ABOUT 65 OR 67 DAYS AGO AND HE SAID YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THUS NEGOTIATE PEACEFULLY A SOLUTION WE CAN MAKE A GOOD DEAL GOOD FOR IRAN AND AMERICA AND THE WORLD. IF YOU DON’T THEY ENTERED INTO FAKE NEGOTIATIONS AND TRY TO PLAY THEM ALONG. AND THEY TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY DID WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP LIKE THEY DID IN THE PAST TO GET AWAY WITH IT. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY CAN’T, THE WORLD FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT THAT THEY CAN’T. THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR THIS ISSUE AND SO MANY OTHER ISSUES HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD I THINK WHAT WE SEE THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT TELLS YOU WHAT HE’S GOING TO DO AND HE DOES IT. TO A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING THE IRANIAN REGIME IS SHOCKING. MARIA: WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES TODAY. >> THERE’S CERTAINLY DEGRADED. AT THE END OF THE DAY IF IRAN IS COMMITTED TO BECOMING A NUCLEAR WEAPONS POWER. IT PUTS THE REGIME AT RISK. I THINK IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE REGIME IF THEY TRIED TO DO THAT. IT’S BEEN SET BACK FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT NOT JUST WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT WITH THE ISRAELIS HAVE DONE. ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION IT’S A VERY SIMPLE DECISION IF THEY WANT NUCLEAR REACTORS HAVE ELECTRICITY AND THERE’S ONLY OTHER COUNTRIES DO THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TO ENRICH THEIR OWN URANIUM AND SEEKER PROGRAM BURIED IN THE MOUNTAIN WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE INSPECTORS CAN ONLY COME WHEN THEY SAY THEY CAN COME IF THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED AND HAVE BIG PROBLEMS BECAUSE THIS IS A DANGEROUS VIOLENT RADICAL REGIME, NOT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE WE DIDN’T HIT IRANIAN PEOPLE LAST NIGHT WE HAD NUCLEAR FACILITIES. IF THEY WANT TO SEEKER PROGRAM THEM LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM AROUND THE WORLD LOOK LIKE YOU’RE TRYING TO BUILD A BOMB THEY WILL HAVE PROBLEMS NOT JUST WITH US BUT MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. MARIA: PROBLEMS LIKE WHAT, WHAT YOU MEAN. >> THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY’RE FACING RIGHT NOW. WHY DO WE HAVE BASES IN SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, UAE. ALL OF THOSE ARE THERE TO PROTECT THOSE COUNTRIES FROM IRAN, WHY DID HEZBOLLAH EXIST BECAUSE OF IRAN, WHY DOES HAMAS EXIST, IRAN, HOW DID THE HOUTHIS EXIST, IRAN. WHO BUILT THE IUDS THAT KILLED AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ IRAN THERE BEHIND EVERY PROBLEM IN THE REGION THEY ARE THE SOLE SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD BEEN PAID A PRICE FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS. IMAGINE THOSE PEOPLE HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON, JUST ONE NUCLEAR WEAPON OR THE CAPABILITY OF HAVING THE THRESHOLD OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE WORLD A BIGGER LAST NIGHT AND IRAN SHOULD WAKE-UP THE IRANIAN REGIME SHOULD WAKE UP AND SAY WE WANT NUCLEAR ENERGY IN OUR COUNTRY, THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT THE OFFER IS THERE WERE PREPARED TO TALK TOMORROW AND WORK ON THAT. STEVE WYCOFF HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY TRYING TO REACH THE DEAL WITH THEM BUT THEY PLAY TOO MANY GAMES THEY PLAY WAY TOO MANY GAMES AND NOW THEY FOUND OUT. MARIA: THE PRESIDENT SAID NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HAPPENED TO BE NO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, NO DRONES OR PROXY WARFARE. YOU BELIEVE THE IRANIANS WILL FOLLOW THAT AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF SUCCESS LONG-TERM. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO GET TO DECIDE TO DO NEXT. THERE BEING RATIONAL, THEY WANTED COUNTRY WITH A NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM, THEY CAN HAVE THAT, MANY CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD. I DON’T LIKE THE REGIME BUT WERE NOT IN THE REGIME CHANGE BUSINESS RENT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES BUSINESS OFFICIALLY SOUGHT TO MAKE. HOPE YOU’RE BEING RATIONAL IN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HOPE THEY REALIZE THE GAME IS UP. THEY HAVE PLAYED THE WORLD FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS WITH THE NUCLEAR TALKS IN DELAYING THINGS AND THEY GOT A CRAZY DEAL OUT OF JOHN KERRY WHEN HE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE OUT OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND AGREED TO SOMETHING THAT BUILT THEIR MENTAL CAPACITY COUNTERTERRORISM EVEN PLAY THE WORLD FOR 40 SOMETHING YEARS THEN OCCUPY PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SAID HE’S GOING TO DO SOMETHING, HE WILL DO IT. IT’S NOT HIS FIRST CHOICE BUT IT’S THE ONLY CHOICE IRANIAN REGIME LEFT THEM, THEY PLAY TO MITIGATE AND USE DIPLOMACY TO HIDE BEHIND AND THINK THEY CAN BUY THEMSELVES TIME, THEY THINK THEY’RE CUTE AND THEY’RE NOT CUTE OR NOT TO GET AWAY WITH IT, NOT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. MARIA: THE EUROPEANS HAVE BEEN FECKLESS THROUGHOUT THIS CONFLICT IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR PARTNERS AND ALLIES IN EUROPE? >> I THINK THE EUROPEANS AND PARTICULARLY THE GERMAN, FRENCH AND BRICS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR IRAN CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE FRENCH HAVE LEANED FORWARD EVEN MORE AND SAID THEY CANNOT HAVE AN ENRICHMENT CAPABILITY THERE ARE EXISTING SANCTIONS OVER JCPOA THAT WERE NO LONGER PART OF BUT THEY’RE A PART OF IRAN IS IN COMPLETE VIOLATION. THOSE THREE COUNTRIES HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION NO LATER THAN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR WHETHER TO PUT SANCTIONS BACK ON IRAN, SNAPPING BACK WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRESS THEM ON THAT’S ANOTHER SET OF PRESSURE, THESE ARE ALLIES AND PARTNERS THAT WORK CLOSELY WITH A BUNCH OF ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE A VERY POWERFUL PIECE OF LEVERAGE ON THE IRANIAN REGIME WHICH IS A SNAPBACK UNDER THE PREVIOUS JCPOA AND I THINK SO FAR THEY’VE BEEN VERY TOUGH AND STRONG ON THAT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO AND CONTINUE TO TELL THE IRANIAN REGIME. HE SAID THE IRANIAN REGIME WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THE AMERICANS. THAT’S ANOTHER THING THEY DON’T TALK? WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MIDDLEMAN WITH MESSAGES AND NOTES A AND THIRD GRADE AND WERE NOT DOING THAT, DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS LET’S TALK HOW WE PEACEFULLY RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM, EUROPEANS HAVE PRESSURED THEM ON THAT POINT WE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO AND GRATEFUL THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SO FAR. MARIA: WHAT ABOUT HER ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INTERESTING TO NOTE WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY OF THE PROXIES OF IRAN, NO, FROM THE IRANIANS OF OUR NO COMMENT FROM HEZBOLLAH OR THE HOUTHIS, WHAT ARE YOUR REACTIONS AS WELL AS HER ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST PRESIDENT TRUMP USING HIS FIRST TRIP INTERNATIONALLY TO GO AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH OUR FRIENDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. >> WE MAKE CLEAR ANY OF THESE ATTACK AMERICA WERE NOT ONLY GOING TO DEAL WITH THE PROXIES THAT WILL PENN ON IRAN, WE KNOW WHO’S BEHIND THIS, THEY CREATE THE GROUPS LIKE THE MILITIAS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA AND HIDE BEHIND THEM EVERY TAG IS NOT THERE. WE KNOW IT’S THEM INCLUDING THE HOUTHIS. IRAN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE GROUPS. IN TERMS OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES, WE WORK COOPERATIVELY THE PRESIDENT HAD A GREAT VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UAE AND QATAR VERY PRODUCTIVE. I JUST ASK AND REMIND EVERYBODY THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE U.S. BASES IN THE REGION IN AN AIRBASE IN QATAR AND AIRBASE IN UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA IS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID IRAN WILL ATTACK THEM AND THEY WANT US THERE TO DEFEND THEM. IF IRAN WAS NOT A THREAT WE WOULD NOT NEED THE BASES THERE. THESE COUNTRIES FULLY RECOGNIZE THE THREAT THAT IRAN POSES THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT US THERE TO DEFEND THE OILFIELDS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE HELP DEFEND THEMSELVES AND IF THE IRANIAN REGIME WAS NO LONGER A THREAT WE WOULD NOT NEED TO HAVE THE BASES IN THE REGION WE WOULD NOT NEED ANY AMERICAN SERVICE PEOPLE IN THE REGION BUT THAT’S THE STATE OF AFFAIRS RIGHT NOW, THESE COUNTRIES UNDERSTAND WHAT IRAN IS IN THE REGIME AND THEY GET IT, THEY UNDERSTAND. MARIA: HOW LONG HAVE THE PLANS BEEN IN PLACE TO TAKE OUT THE NUCLEAR FACILITIES? >> THE PRESIDENT MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION IN TERMS OF PLANS, WE HAVE ALL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR ALL POSSIBLE STRIKES ALL OVER THE WORLD. ONCE THE PRESIDENT SAYS WORKUP OPTIONS FOR ME, THEY GO BACK AND REFINE THOSE IN THE MULTIPLE POINTS ALONG THE WAY IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS DECISIONS TO MAKE ABOUT GO OR NO GO AND IT COMES UP TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE BOMBS ARE ACTUALLY DROPPED. THE PRESIDENT RETAINS FULL CONTROL OF THE OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLY CAPABLE MILITARY PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY IN OPERATION YESTERDAY WAS EXTRAORDINARY OBVIOUSLY ELEMENTS THAT WILL NEVER BE PUBLICLY SHARED BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT CAN DO WHAT THE UNITED STATES DID LAST NIGHT THROUGH OUR INCREDIBLE MILITARY LED BY OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO PETE HEGSETH THE DEFENSE SECRETARY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF MANAGING THE PROCESS AND OBVIOUSLY. IT WAS FLAWLESS, PERFECT AND EXECUTED WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILL AND IT DEMONSTRATES WHICH NO OTHER COUNTRY. MARIA: SECRETARY WHAT DOES THE REDHEAD LOOK LIKE FROM A MILITARY STANDPOINT IN THE U.S. REGARDING IRAN OVER THE NEAR-TERM? >> WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR OBJECTIVE OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEGRADE AND/OR DESTROY THREE NUCLEAR SITES THAT OF IRAN ONE OF THEM HAD 60% ENRICHED URANIUM, 60% YOU ONLY NEED 3.67% FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, YOU ONLY NEED 20% ENRICHED VERY SMALL QUANTITIES FOR MEDICAL ISOTOPES AND THAT KIND OF THING. ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAVE CLOSE TO 60% ENRICHED URANIUM COUNTRIES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS THEY HAVE STORED 60% ENRICHED URANIUM IN ONE FACILITY CALLED ESFAHAN AND THEN AT CENTER FUSIONS WITH 90% BURIED IN MOUNTAINS. IN MOUNDS. I KNOW BUT IT’S FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES, GIMME A BREAK, EVERYBODY GETS IT. UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME, THOSE WERE THE OBJECTIVES WE HIT THREE NUCLEAR RELATED SITES CONTROLLED BY THE IRANIAN REGIME AND NOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT IRAN DOESN’T THE REGIME. IF THEY ATTACK BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE ON THEIR PART, THEY ARE COMPLETELY VULNERABLE, COMPLETELY VULNERABLE, THEY DON’T CONTROL THEIR OWN AIRSPACE, THEY CANNOT PROTECT THEIR OWN AIRSPACE, THEY CANNOT PROTECT THEIR OWN LEADERS. IT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE IF THEY DID ANYTHING AGAINST US BUT THE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND THE PRESIDENT WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY AND DECISIVELY, NO ONE AFTER LAST NIGHT SHOULD BE UNDER ANY ILLUSIONS. WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE’S GOING TO WIN THIS PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S GOING TO DO SOMETHING HE’S NOT WASTING WORDS, HE MEANS IT. MARIA: WAS IT FAIR TO SAY ONE WEEK AWAY FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND IS NOT DESTROYED AT THIS POINT? IS THAT GOING? >> I THINK IT’S FAIR TO SAY THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON THEY HAVE THE ENRICHMENT CAPABILITY WITH HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO MAKE NINE OR TEN BOMBS. THEY HAVE TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS ENRICHING FROM 60 TO 90% AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE A WEAPONS DESIGN THAT MID RANGE MISSILE SHORT RANGE MISSILES THAT THEY CAN PUT WARHEADS ON AND BY THE WAY THEY CLAIM TO HAVE THE SPACE PROGRAM CRETE IS NOT A SPACE PROGRAM IRAN IS NOT GOING TO THE MOON, THEN THE SPACE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF TRYING TO DEVELOP ICBMS LONG-RANGE ROCKETS CAN REACH THE UNITED STATES THAT NORTH KOREA CAN ALREADY REACH THE UNITED STATES. THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE WORKING ON, THEY HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. ALL THAT IS MISSING IS FLIPPING THE SWITCH. BUT IN TERMS OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED AND THE STRUCTURES IN SCIENCE, THEY HAD ALL IN PLACE, NOW NOT SO MUCH THAT’S WHAT WE DID THE WORLD A GREAT FAVOR WE WOULD ALL WAKE-UP AND ONE DAY LESS THAN A DECADE WERE RADICAL SHE ACQUIRED CONTROL NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABLE OF REACHING NOT JUST THE MIDDLE EAST BUT ALL OF EUROPE AND POTENTIALLY THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES THAT’S AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK THERE IS NO WAY WE WERE LEAVING THAT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. MARIA: FINAL QUESTION YOU EXPECT IRAN TO CLOSE THE STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ TO DISRUPT OIL TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE WORLD? >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING TO CALL THEM. THEY HEAVILY DEPEND ON THE STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ FOR THEIR OIL, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER TERRIBLE MISTAKE IS ECONOMIC SUICIDE IF THEY DO IT. RETAIN OPTIONS TO DEAL WITHOUT THE OTHER COUNTRY JUST LOOK AT THAT. IT WOULD HER OTHER COUNTRIES A LOT WORSE THAN OURS. IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE ESCALATION THAT WOULD MERIT A RESPONSE, NOT JUST BIAS BUT FROM OTHERS, THERE GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR THEIR OWN INTERNAL POLITICS AND SO FORTH. IN THE END WE’RE GOING TO JUDGE THEM BY THE ACTIONS THAT THEY TAKE MOVING FORWARD WE HAD THREE OBJECTIVES, WE STRUCK THE THREE OBJECTIVES WITH DECISIVE FORCE AND THAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS MISSION AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THEY DO, THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE WERE READY TO NEGOTIATE, THEY WANTED BQ AND DO THINGS DANGEROUS, WE RESPONSES AVAILABLE THAT ARE DEVASTATING OR. MARIA: WE KNOW JUST FLEW INTO IRAN BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT ROUND THOSE JETS.

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