Jack Keane: Iran is NOT going to disarm

♪. >> Brian: VICE-PRESIDENT JD. VANCE SAYS ANY DEAL WITH TEHRAN. MIGHT MEAN A REDUCTION IN IRAN'S. NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT CAPACITY. THEN SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO. RUBIO WARNS THAT IRAN HAS. ALREADY HAD MULTIPLE CHANCES TO. REACH A NUKE DEAL AND FAILED. >> THEY WILL NEVER HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON, PERIOD. NOT AS LONG AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS IN OFFICE, AND THAT, TO US, IS THE BRIGHT LINE.

NOW, HOW YOU ACHIEVE THAT AND SO. FORTH, I THINK THEY'VE HAD. MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE. PAST TO REACH AGREEMENTS ON. THOSE THINGS, THEY HAVE FAILED. TO DO SO. NOW THEY'RE FACING CRIPPPPLING. SANCTIONS THEIR ECONOMY IS IN. TOTAL AND COMPLETE FREE FALL. >> Brian: IT IS TRUE, RETIRED. FOUR STAR GENERAL JACK KEANE. GENERAL, YOU WERE JUST OVER IN. ISRAEL. OCTOBER 7TH WAS A DAY WHICH. SADLY PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING THE. ISRAELI'S RESPONSE. WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN GAZA. RIRIGHT NOW? >> WELL, IN GAZA, THEY'RE.

REGENERATING. THEY'VE GOT 5-7 THOUSAND NEW. RECRUITS AND THEY'VE GONE. THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS. CERTAINLY WE DECIMATED A LOT OF. THEIR LEADERS AND DECIMATED A. LOT OF THE STRUCTURES. THERE'S 400 MILES OF TUNNELS. WHICH SUSTAINS AND SUPPORTS THEM. UNDER ALL OF THOSE STRUCTURES. THEIR COMMAND AND CONTROL, I WAS. IN THE TUNNELS, THEY HAVE CEMENT. FLOORS, CEMENT WALLS, THEY HAVE. PLUMBING IN THERE AND. ELECTRICITY IN THERE. THAT IS FROM WHERE THEY FIGHT. AND THE ISRAELIS ARE. SYSTEMATICALLY BLOWING THOSE.

TUNNELS UP. THE BRIGADE COMMANDER WHO'S BEEN. THERE DEALING WITH GAZA AND THE. GAZAN PEOPLE SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. LOST COMPANY COMMANDERS IN THIS. FIGHT, BEEN THERE ALL THIS TIME. HIS THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT IS, SIR, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED ONE. BIT. THEIR IDENTITY IS DESTRUCTION OF. THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DISARM. DESPITE ALL THE INITIATIVES TO. HELP THEM DO THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE. FIGHT. >> Brian: THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO. BE AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN.

THERE ONCE THEY DISARM AND. GRADUALLY THE ISRAELIS WILL PULL. OUT. YOU U DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT. HAPPENING. >> NOT HAPPENING. THERE'S A BUFFER ZONE THERE, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MAJOR. LESSONS OF OCTOBER THE 7TH THAT. IS RALLIES OBVIOUSLY HAVE. LEARNED, YOU CANNOT HAVE PROXIES. ON YOUR BORDER, BE PREPARED TO. ATTACK YOU WITH CAPABILITIES. SO THERE'S A BUFFER ZONE THERE. CLOSE TO FIVE MILES, ALSO ONE IN. LEBANON WHERE I WAS ALSO UP TO. THE LITANI RIVER 15-20 MILES. YOU CAN NOT LET THESE THUGS AND. KILLERS GET TO THAT BORDER.

THEIR INTENTION IS STILL THE. SAME. AND PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO. UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. HERE. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STATE OF. ISRAEL, STILL JOB ONE FOR THOSE. PROXIES. THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IS IRAN. YOU TAKE THEM OFF THE BOARD ONCE. AND FOR ALL, THESE PROXIES. EVENTUALLY GO AWAY. >> Brian: IS ISRAEL SAFER TODAY. THAN THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO? >> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. MAJOR LESSONS LEARNED HERE, HAMAS CERTAINLY IS BACK ON ITS. HEELS, SO IS HEZBOLLAH, BUT. THEY'RE STILL DANGEROUS AND. STILL A THREAT. >> Brian: THEY HAVE LOST SYRIA.

AS AN ALLY, AND A SOLIS, IS THAT. CORRECT? BECAUSE HEZBOLLAH AND THIS NEW. SYRIAN GOVERNMENT DO NOT GET. ALONG. >> WELL, WHAT HAPPENED, WHEN. THEY -- WHEN HEZBOLLAH HAD TO. COME HOME BECAUSE OF THE WAR. THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THAT HAMAS. BEGAN, THERE WAS NO GROUND FORCE. THERE TO PROTECT THE ASSAD. REGIME. THAT'S WHAT HEZBOLLAH WAS, THEY. WERE EFFECT I HAVE GROUND FORCE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15-20. THOUSAND OF THEM. THEN THEY HAD THE CAPABILITY TO.

ORGANIZE AND GOES THE REGIME. >> Brian: THIS IS ALL LINKED, IRAN, LEBANON, GAZA. BRINGS BACK THE FOCUS TO IRAN. THEY HAVE THEIR OIL MINISTRIES. RESIGN, INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS. SAID THINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS. BAD. IS THERE A WAY OUT BESIDES. MILITARY ACTION THAT YOU SEE TO. GET RID OF THIS GOVERNMENT ONCE. AND FOR ALL? >> WHERE THE IRANIANS ARE, MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT I'VE. SPOKEN TO CLEARL. DIPLOMATIC EFFORT DIDN'T WORK.

THEY WERE TRYING SEDUCE US TO DO. WHAT? STOP THE WAR? DELAY THE INEVITABLE? HASN'T WORKED. NOW WE'RE ON AN ECONOMIC PATH TO. TRY TO SET THE CONDITIONS FOR. THE REGIME TO COLLAPSE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BY ITSELF. WILL DO THAT. THE ONLY THING THE REGIME WANTS. TO DO IS S SUR SIEVE AND THEY WL. DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR. PEOPLE. I THINK THE CLEAREST PATH TO SET. THE CONDITIONS FOR COLLAPSE IS A. COMBINATION OF WHAT SECRETARY. BESSENT IS DOING, THE BLOCK AID,

MILITARY ACTION AND THEN, LISTEN, COVERT ACTIONS BY THE. MOSSAD AND THE CIA TO UNDERNINE. REGIME WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY. DOING, THERE'S PEOPLE WANTING TO. DO VARIOUS THINGS LIKE EXIT, BELIEVE ME, WE'RE HELPING TO. INFLUENCE THAT. BUT IT ALSO MEANS YOU HAVE TO. HELP THE NUMBERS OF RESISTANT. GROUPS THAT WANT TO TAKE ON THIS. REGIME, AND THEY ARE OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE TO HELP THEM DO JUST. THAT. THAT'S HOW WE FINISH THIS ONCE. AND FOR ALL. >> Brian: AND WE'LL SEE WHAT.

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