Gen. Keane: The guys with the guns are IN CONTROL

♪ ♪. >> Jesse: FOX NEWS ALERT. ITS INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK IN IRAN. THEIR COASTLINE IS GETTING. HAMMERED. WE ARE CUTTING OFF POWER AND. TOOK OUT MAJOR BRIDGES, SNAPPING. THEIR SUPPLY LINES IN HALF. IRANIAN STATE MEDIA IS REPORTING. THEIR KEY RAILWAY STATION IS A. FIREBALL. THAT STATION HANDLES OVER. 100 MILLION TONS OF CARGO A YEAR. FROM THE STRAIT. IT ALSO SENDS OIL TO CHINA. THAT'S NOT ALL.

LAST NIGHT WE TOOK OUT COMMAND. CENTERS, AIR DEFENSES, MISSILE. AND DRONE SITES AND COASTAL. SURVEILLANCE FACILITIES ALL UP. AND DOWN THE ENEMY COASTLINE AND. EVEN HIT TARGETS DEEP INSIDE. NEAR THE CAPITAL. THE BLOCKADE IS HOLDING STRONG. TODAY MARINES BOARDED A VESSEL. IN THE GULF OF OMAN TO ENSURE. COMPLIANCE. SINCE THE WALL WENT BACK UP, ONE. BLOCKADE RUNNER WAS DISABLED. WITH A HELLFIRE MISSILE. THREE TURNED AROUND. THIS PHASE OF THE OPERATION ALL.

COMES DOWN TO CONTROLLING THE. STRAIT. IRAN IS CALLING IT THEIR. INVINCIBLE RED LINE. NOW IT'S OUR RED LINE TOO. >> WE ARE HITTING THEM VERY. HARD. WE ARE HITTING EVERY SINGLE. THING THAT THEY HAVE ALONG THE. SHORE, ALONG THE WATERFRONT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ, IT'S NOW-- WE. ARE FINDING IT HARD TO FIND. WHERE THEY HAVE ANYTHING. WE HAVE TO STOP IT, WE HAVE TO. KEEP IT OPEN.

>> Jesse: HEAVY AIR STRIKES. ARE PUSHING THE ENEMY BACK SO. THEY CAN'T SEND DRONES INTO THE. GULF. BUT THIS MAY REQUIRE A GROUND. ASSAULT TO SECURE STRATEGIC. ISLANDS. AXIOS REPORTING THAT THE. PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED AGAIN ON. OPTIONS FOR KHARG ISLAND. >> SOMETIMES YOU NEED A GROUND. CAMPAIGN BUT WE HAVE OTHER. PEOPLE THAT WILL DO THE GROUND. CAMPAIGN FOR US. BUT WE ALREADY HIT KHARG ISLAND. AS YOU KNOW, TWICE, EVEN THREE. TIMES. HIT EVERYTHING BUT THE OIL. LEAVE THAT LITTLE AREA FROM.

25 YARDS OUT, LEAVE THEM A. LITTLE AREA, DON'T TOUCH THE. OIL, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT. IN TERMS OF THE WORLD ECONOMY. YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHUNK OF THE. WORLD ECONOMY SO WE HAVEN'T HIT. THAT. AT SOME POINT WE COULD. BUT I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY. AS FAR AS TAKING IT IS. CONCERNED, IF WE HIT THEM DEEP. AND FAR ENOUGH BACK, I WOULD DO. IT. >> Jesse: SO NOW IT'S A PAIN. GAME. THEY ARE ONLY CONCERNED WITH. REGIME SURVIVAL. THEIR CALCULATION IS IF THEY. CAN'T CONTROL THE STRAIT, THEY.

CAN'T SURVIVE. SO THIS IS A KEY MOMENT. THE MORE TRUMP ESCALATES, THEY. IRAN IS GOING TO UNLEASH. WHATEVER THEY HAVE LEFT AT THE. GULF STATE'S OIL INFRASTRUCTURE, MAYBE GET THE HOUTHIS INVOLVED, PUT THE RED SEA IN PLAY AND MAKE. ECONOMIC PAIN STING. BUT THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF KNOWS. HE HAS TO FINISH THE JOB. THAT COULD MEAN KNOCKING THE. WHOLE COUNTRY'S LIGHTS OUT OR. ANOTHER ROUND OF DECAPITATION. STRIKES. IRAN HAS ALREADY FAILED THE. TEST. WE GAVE PEACE A CHANCE.

THE PRESIDENT NOW SEEMS VERY. DETERMINED TO EXPAND THE WAR AND. END IT ON HIS TERMS. GENERAL JACK KEANE IS OUR. FOX NEWS SENIOR STRATEGIC. ANALYST. GENERAL, WHAT WE ARE HEARING. ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH. THESE BRIDGES AND THE RAILWAYS. ON THE COAST, WHAT DOES THAT. MEAN TO YOU? >> WHAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE IS. THREE PIECES TO THIS OPERATION. THE FIRST HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR. SEVERAL DAYS AND NOW THEY'VE. ADDED THE THIRD ONE WHICH IS. WHAT Y YOU ARE MENTIONING.

THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH TAKING. DOWN ALL OF THE CAPABILITY THAT. IRANIANS HAVE TO INTERFERE WITH. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THAT'S MISSILES, DRONES, FAST. BOATS, COMMAND AND CONTROL, RADAR SENSORS, LOGISTIC SUPPORT. AS WELL. AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT. THEY ARE DOING NOW IS ISOLATE. THE STRAIT. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE TAKING OUT. BRIDGES AND RAIL LINES. AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN. ATTEMPT, AND THEY ARE DOING SOME. OF THIS, TO ISOLATE IRAN ITSELF.

FROM ITS NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT'S. BEEN GETTING SUPPORT FROM THOSE. NEIGHBORS. IT PUSHES OIL OUT TO THE. NEIGHBORS AS WELL. SO SOME OF THOSE BORDER. COUNTRIES, SOME OF THOSE RAIL. LINES AND BRIDGES ARE BEING. TAKEN OUT AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT. THE STRAIT. SO THE ISOLATION OF THE STRAIT. IS TAKING PLACE AS PART OF IT. THEN THE THING THAT YOU. MENTIONED, RETALIATION. PART OF THIS OPERATION IS.

COMPREHENSIVE ATTACKS AGAINST. THE MEANS FOR IRAN TO RETALIATE. GULF STATES, HE U.S. BASES IN. THE REGION, THEY HAVE NOT. BROUGHT ISRAEL INTO IT BECAUSE. YOU KNOW WHY, ISRAEL WOULD. RESPOND VERY AGGRESSIVELY IF. THEY ATTACKED THEM. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS BALLISTIC MISSILES. PRIMARILY AND ALSO DRONES, LONG. RANGE DRONES. THOSE BALLISTIC MISSILES, THEY. WERE LIKELY-- THE TUNNELS, THEY.

EXCAVATED AND BROUGHT SOME OF. THEM OUT. WE ARE TRACKING DOWN WITH DRONES. AND KILLING THEM AS WELL. AFTER THE LAUNCHERS, THEY. BALLISTIC MISSILES THEMSELVES. AND ALSO THE TRANSPORTERS. THAT'S THE MEANS TO RETALIATE. DRONES AS WELL AS BALLISTIC. MISSILES. THE MORE YOU REDUCE THAT, THE. MORE THEY LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY. TO HAVE ANY LEVERAGE HERE. WHATSOEVER. THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE COMPLETE. CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THEIR.

CAPABILITY TO INTERFERE TO A. BARE MINIMUM. THAT IS THE PATH WE ARE ON AND. BASED ON YOUR READ OF THE. SITUATION, I THINK IT'S. ACCURATE, JESSE. THE PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY EXPAND. BEYOND THAT. AND BECAUSE HE'S AT A POINT. WHERE HE KNOWS IN HIS OWN MIND. YOU CANNOT MAKE A DEAL WITH. THESE GUYS. THEY LIE, LIE AND LIE AND HE'S. FED UP WITH IT. SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO. SEE HERE IS CONTINUED. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LIKELY.

SOME EXPANSION BEYOND IT. >> Jesse: IT SEEMS LIKE THE. POLITICIANS IN IRAN WANTED THE. DEAL MORE THAN THE MILITARY AND. THAT THE MILITARY IS SCREWING. THIS WHOLE THING UP AND THE. MILITARY MIGHT HAVE TO BE. DECAPITATED AGAIN. DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS. CONSIDERING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE. TYPES OF PRECISION STRIKES ON. LEADERSHIP? >> I NEVER BOUGHT THE FACT THAT. THERE'S THAT MUCH OF A DIVISION. THE GUY THAT WAS THE HEAD OF THE.

POLITICAL SIDE-- HIS. BEST FRIEND, THEY JOINED THE. IRGC TOGETHER AND BECAME. GENERALS TOGETHER. HE THEN MOVED TO THE DIPLOMATIC. SIDE AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE. MILITARY SIDE OF THE IRGC. WENT ON TO FAME OBVIOUSLY AND. ESTABLISHED A PROFESSIONAL. RELATIONSHIP AND PERSONAL ONE. WITH THE AYATOLLAH AND NOBODY IN. BETWEEN AND HE RAN OBVIOUSLY THE. ENTIRE FOREIGN POLICY INSTRUMENT.

OF SUPPORTING THE PROXIES. I BELIEVE THESE GUYS ARE MUCH. MORE ON THE SAME PAGE THAN. PEOPLE THINK. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO WHAT IRAN. HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR. THE GUYS WITH THE GUNS ARE IN. CONTROL. I'M NOT DIMINISHING THAT. BUT I THINK A LOT MORE OF THE. PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TALKING TO. ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO IRAN. RECOVERING, REBUILDING AND GOING. RIGHT BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE. BEFORE THE WAR STARTED. I AM CONVINCED OF IT.

>> Jesse: IT LOOKS LIKE JUST. THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, HE. SEEMS VE.