Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane says Europe needs to get on board with Trump administration policy on Iran.
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Expected back in court on August,
Brian IRAN unveiled two brand
new missiles. Yesterday, this
coming after the Trump
Adminitration announced plans to
snapback or restore or
previously suspended, U Dot, N
sanctions and IRAN
Secretary of State MIKE Pompeo,
addressing the sanctions.
Yesterday,
our message is very, very
simple:
the United States will never
allow the worlds largest state
sponsor of terrorism to trial it
buy and sell planes, tanks,
missiles and other kinds of
conventional weapons.
Brian, I know, but will they
lets bring in Fox NEWS, senior
strategic analyst and retired
four star General Jack Keane
General? How much trouble are we
in here convincing the rest of
the world to do the right thing?
Well, its a struggle to be
sure, particularly with the
Europeans
they are trying to hold on to
the fragments of the nuclear
deal or the so called Jcpoa,
which was crafted in twenty fifteen, and we
know that that deal has been
fundamentally flawed because it
actually permits IRAN to have a
nuclear weapon if they so desire
with no restrictions whatsoever.
So the Trump Adminitration in
two thousand and eighteen walked away from that deal,
and the Europeans, the other
parties and the Russians and the
Chinese have all tried to
hold on to that deal and as a
part of that deal, that has an
arms embargo that is due to
expire in October of this year
and the administration. Obviously
doesnt want IRAN to have those
weapons, given the money
that they received from their
relief of the sanctions as well,
because their behavior has not
changed.
In fact, they have doubled down
on their behavior, since the
nuclear deal was signed in
two thousand and fifteen in terms of their
aggressive behavior. So this
administration has
committed itself to, and I agree
with it, to stop IRAN from having
the tools to implement their
very aggressive strategy at the
expense of all of our allies in
the region.
Thats. What is at the heart of
this
Brian general? I dont want to
get you involved in politics, but
is there a sense that the world
is waiting for November three and
thinking that John Kerry is
going to get his old job back
and tape? This thing together
that was never even passed as a
treaty that didnt have. The
support of Democrats like
Schumer. Is that what you think
youre a good strategist?
Well, I think as much as
this election. Obviously in
the United States, like all
elections, has huge impact on
domestic policy, and it also has
impact on foreign policy and the
minds of our leaders,
one of the issues dealing with
the Snapback sanctions. What the
United States will likely
get approved because they will
veto the measure to wave the
sanctions, which is the
position we have now. The
reality is the Europeans and
likely the Russians and Chinese
will pull out all the stops to
delay that vote until after the
election, and you see the
same thing manifested
dealing with North Korea,
North Koreas, refusing to
negotiate with the Trump
adminitration after we pulled
away from them in Vietnam
because they refused to put any
deal on the table, but they are
also refusing to negotiate
theyre waiting out the election
same thing with the IRAN Yankees
es.
I believe they will eventually
negotiation with the United
States because they are back on
their heels and they have huge
problems, not only economic
problems, but huge problems with
civil unrest in their country on
a scale theyve never seen
before Brian, but theyre
waiting also for the results of
that election.
Yes, so elections in the United
States, the global leader of the
world, always matter
Brian more now than ever,
because its going to be so
dramatically different,
the iraqi Prime Minister came
and visited the president
yesterday. This guy has a lot of
promise. It seems
he does not want IRAN in that
country and hes. Looking for the?
U DOT s help.
Is he going to get it
yeah? I mean this prime
minister has, I think so far,
has shown some real courage and
standing up to the iranian
backed iraqi proxies, who
have been contributing to so
much of the violence inside Iraq
and he pushed back on him and
gained the support of the iraqi
people, and it tells you
something that the Iranians, who
have political influence inside
Iraq do not want him to be the
prime minister. The United
States did, and that is why his
first out of the region
international visit is to the
White House.
Here is where I think we are.
The president keeps talking
about getting out of Iraq.
Eventually, we obviously will.
We still have a mission there,
because ISIS is still alive, not
defeated, although theyve lost
all their territory and were
assisting the Iraqis in dealing
with that
well likely reduce our forces,
but continue to assist them, as I
think where we are
just as we are doing in
Afghanistan with lesser forces,
just as were doing in Syria
with lesser forces.
I believe that will be the path
going forward to continue the
mission, but at the minimum
strength required, but because
the mission is vital to u dot S
national interest, it will
continue
Brian and last time we left. We
got the JV team now known as
ISIS and the last time we
had iranian deal. It was Israel.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-21.