Gen Keane: Iranian leadership is ARROGANT

MARK: WELCOME BACK AMERICA BUT. WE HAVE OUR FRIEND GENERAL JACK. KEANE WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE. ENTIRE HOUR WITH JACK BECAUSE I. THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT. AND OF COURSE WERE GOING TO. FOCUS ON IRAN HERE, IN GENERAL. THREE THINGS IT SEEMS TO ME ARE.

OUR OBJECTIVES. TO BE TO MAYBE ONE IS MY. OBJECTIVE FOR WHATEVER IT IS. WORTH. AND THAT IS TO KEEP THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ OPEN. IT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY NEVER. HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND THE THIRD POINT WE HAVE. DISCUSSED BEFORE, DEFEAT THE. REGIME. BECAUSE MY ATTITUDE IS NOT GOING. TO BE WILL CONTAIN THIS REGIME. FOREVER BUT CERTAINLY AFTER THE. PRESIDENT LEAVES. CERTAINLY IF THE DEMOCRATS COME. INTO POWER BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF. THESE REPUBLICANS COME INTO. POWER I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

I DO NOT SEE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WILLING TO GIVE A CAP ON THAT. REGIME FOR 10, 20, 30 YEARS. SO HOW DO YOU SEE ALL OF THIS. AND ALL OF THE OBJECTIVES? >> I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE AS. WE WENT TO A CEASE-FIRE IN APRIL. THE SEVENTH AND BEGAN. NEGOTIATIONS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. ON APRIL THE EIGHTH WITH THE. IRANIANS. THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE. THEY SHUT DOWN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ WE STARTED THE OPERATION. FEBRUARY 28. THEY SHUT THEM DOWN ON MARCH THE. SECOND.

AFTER LIVING WITH THAT FOR. EIGHT-MONTH PRICES STARTED TO. MOVE UP THE SPIRAL. CERTAINLY A HUGE ECONOMIC AND. POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ALL OF. IT. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM FELT. THE IRANIANS WERE SINCERE ABOUT. WANTING TO NEGOTIATE AND WE. BEGAN A SERIES OF NEGOTIATIONS. THAT LASTED OVER 90 DAYS. EVEN CAME UP WITH THE SIGNED. AGREEMENT REFERRED TO AS THE. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

WHICH HAD ONLY ONE AGREEMENT IN. IT. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS A PROMISE OF. FOR THE FUTURE AFTER 60 OR SO. DAYS OF NEGOTIATION. ONE AGREEMENT WAS IRONIC WOULD. OPEN UP STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND. REMOVE THEIR INTERFERENCE AND. RESTRICTIONS FOR THE UNITED. STATES WOULD REMOVE ITS. BLOCKADE. WE REMOVE THE BLOCKADE SEVERAL. DAYS LATER THE IRANIANS BEGAN TO. INTERFERE WITH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ LITERALLY AT THEIR. PRESIDENT HAD SIGNED IT AFTER. HOURS HAD SIGNED IT. WE HAVE SAID ON THIS SHOW. MULTIPLE TIMES YOU CANNOT TRUST.

THE IRANIANS. THEY WILL LIE AND CHEAT. EVEN IF THEY MAKE A DEAL YOU. WHEN I CAME TO THE SAME. CONCLUSION FOR THEY WILL NOT. COMPLY WITH IT. AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. THEY SIGNED A DEAL AND DID NOT. COMPLY WITH IT. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? IRONIC PUT US ON THIS PATH. THOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE A. PRESIDENT WHO IS DEAD SERIOUS. PRETTIES WILLING TO GIVE A. DIPLOMATIC EFFORT AS MUCUCH ROPE. AS POSSIBLE COULD BE GIVEN HERE.

AND IT DID NOT WORK. THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE GOING. THROUGH SOME KIND OF BEHAVIORAL. CHANGE AND ARE REASONABLE. THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORT THROUGH. MULTIPLE DECADES HAS ALWAYS BEEN. A NARRATIVE OF APPEARING. REASONABLE WILLING TO WORK AND. COEXIST WITH THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THE. DIPLOMATIC EFFORT FOR YEARS. THAT LEADERSHIP IS ALWAYS BEEN. DEFIANT, ARROGANT WERE GOING TO. CONTINUE TO PURSUE OUR. OBJECTIVES TO GAIN CONTROL OF.

THE MIDDLE EAST AND GAIN CONTROL. OF THE GOAL FOR DISTRIBUTION OF. OIL PER DESTROY THE STATE OF. ISRAEL AND DRIVE THE NINE SEATS. OUT FOR THAT'S BEEN THERE. OBJECTIVES FOR 47 PLUS YEARS THE. DIPLOMATIC TEAM A REASONABLE. CREATING A FALSEHOOD NARRATIVE. TO GAIN CONCESSIONS. REGIME LEADERS WHO THEY WORK FOR. HARD CORE DEFIANT AND NEVER. GOING TO MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS. THAT ARE REASONABLE AT ALL. SO HERE WE ARE. YES WERE GOING TO OPEN UP THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ THAT IS JOB.

ONE. WERE GOING TO DO IT FORCIBLY ARE. OBVIOUSLY RESISTANT TO THAT. MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. HERE IS ALL ABOUT THAT AND. REMOVING THEIR ABILITY TO. INTERFERE AND ALSO REDUCING. THEIR ABILITY TO RETALIATE. AGAINST U.S. BASES AS WELL AS. OUR ALLIES IN THE GULF. AND THEN AN EXPANDED MILITARY. CAMPAIGN THAT SLIGHTLY ONGOING. RIGHT NOW TO TAKE DOWN OTHER.

TARGETS. ALL CONTRIBUTING TO THE REGIME. AND ITS SUSTAINING CAPABILITY. BOTH L LOGISTICALLY, ECONOMICALY. AND MILITARILY. WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN. WHERE WE WERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE IRANIANS HAVE BROUGHT THIS. ON THEMSELVES WITH THE PRESIDENT. OF THE UNITED STATES HAS SAID. FROM THE BEGINNING HE IS DEAD. SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING SEARCH AND. THEY DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT. NUMBER TWO HE WANTS RESTRICTIONS. ON BALLISTIC MISSILES AND DOES.

NOT WANT SUPPORT FOR PROXIES. MARK: HAS AN OUTSTANDING. SUMMATION. CHAIRMAN WE CAN BACK.