Jack Keane: Iran miscalculated again

>> THEY HAVE INTENTIONS, NUCLEAR. WEAPON. ALL THIS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOUR DATA CENTERS ISN'T THAT. IMPORTANT. WHEN THEY START BLOWING AWAY. COMMUNITIES WHY CANNOT LET THEM. EVER THINKING ABOUT HAHAVING A. NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THAT IS. EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING THEY. WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR.

WEAPON. >> Brian: PRESIDENT TRUMP. DOUBLING DOWN. IRAN WILL FACE MAJOR PUNISHMENT. AFTER THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN. TARGETED TWO SAUDI ARABIA OIL. TANKERS ROCKETINING UP OIL. THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO REPORTEDLY. CONSIDERING A MAJOR ESCALATION. AGAINST IRAN SAYING QUOTE: I AM. CONSIDERING A MASSIVE ATTACK, BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE. I'M CLOSE TO MAKING A DECISION. WE ARE ALL SET FOR IT. HERE TO DISCUSS IS RETIRED FOUR. STAR GENERAL, FOX NEWS SENIOR. STRATEGIC ANALYST AND CHAIRMAN. OF THE INSTITUTE FOR STUDY OF. WAR GENERAL JACK KEANE.

GENERAL, WHAT DOES A RAMPING UP. AND MASSIVE ACTION LOOK LIKE TO. YOU? >>. >> WELL, CERTAINLY THE PATH THAT. WE ARE ON IS PRETTY CLEAR. DO WE GO BACK AND DO MORE. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THESE FOLKS OR. DO WE ACTUALLY FACE REALITY IN. TERMS OF THE FACT THAT WHAT WE. HAVE SEEN THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS, REMEMBER, NEGOTIATIONS ACTUALLY. BEGAN AFTER WE WENT TO A.

CEASEFIRE ON APRIL THE 7TH. NEGOTIATIONSNS KICKED IN PRETTY. MUCH THE NEXT DAY. AND FOR WEEKS AFTER THAT, WE. TRIED TO WORK A DEAL AND WE. ACTUALLY DID GET A DEAL AND THE. PRESIDENT OF IRAN SIGNED IT AND. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED. STATES SIGNED IT. AND THAT IN ITSELF WAS AN. ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN. DONE BEFORE BECAUSE, IN THAT. DEAL, WAS THERE WAS ONLY ONE. AGREEMENT. ALL THE TOUGH ISSUES WERE KICKED. DOWN THE ROAD FOR 60 OR MORE. DAYS. IT WOULD OPEN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. AND WHAT HAPPENED? WE REMOVED OUR BLOCKADE, AND.

WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY REFUSED TO GIVE UP THEIR. CONTROL OF THE STRAITS AND. INFLUENCE OF IT AND ACTUALLY. WENT SO FAR AS TO FIRE ON SHIPS. WHO WERE NOT OBEYING THEIR. ORDERS. WHAT THEY EXPECTED OUT OF THAT. WAS THE NEGOTIATION TEAM TO COME. BACK AND HUDDLE AGAIN TO WORK. OUT FUTURE COMPROMISES, ET. CETERA. WHAT DID THEY GET? THEY MISCALCULATED ONCE AGAIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT GOING TO. STAND FOR THAT IT WAS A. VIOLATION OF THE DEAL THAT HE.

SIGNED. HE RECOGNIZES FULL UP WHAT HE IS. DEALING WITH HERE. HE OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS SUSPECTED. WHAT IS HE DEALING WITH, A. REGIME THAT'S BEEN NEXUS TENSE. NOW WITH DIFFERENT PLAYERS BUT. THE SAME PHILOSOPHY, THE SAME. IDEOLOGY, THE SAME COMMITMENT, THE SAME BARBARIC BEHAVIOR WE. HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH HE WENT. BACK TO COMBAT OPERATIONS TO. CERTAINLY OPENS THE STRAITS. FORCIBLY, GIVEVEN THE FACT THAT. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO WILLINGLY. COOPERATE. HERE'S THE CHOICE IN FRONT OF.

US. AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, THE. IRANIANS ARE TALKING ABOUT. NEGOTIATING AGAIN. SO THAT CHOICE IS AVAILABLE TO. US. WE CAN GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE AND. KICKED CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND SEE. IF WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL. BUT, I THINK WHERE THE PRESIDENT. IS, HE SEES THEM FOR WHAT THEY. REALLY ARE LOOK IT, THIS REGIME. HASN'T BEEN CHANGED TRUTH BE. KNOWN FOR THE SEVERAL 40 YEARS. DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ALWAYS USED. DIPLOMATS, BRIAN, AS SO-CALLED. MODERATES.

REASONABLE, TRYING TO GET. CONCESSIONS OUT OF THE UNITED. STATES AND OUR ALLIES. THAT PERIOD APPEARING TO MEET. THE OBJECTIVES WE'RE TRYING TO. ACHIEVE, DESPITE THE HARDLINERS. THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FALSE. NARRATIVE. THERE IS ONLY ONE REGIME NOW AND. FOR THE PREVIOUS REGIME LEADERS. AS WELL. THEY ALWAYS USE SO-CALLED. MODERATE, REASONABLE. NEGOTIATORS. THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE. DEALING WITH HERE TODAY.

SO THE CHOICE GOING FORWARD IS. DO WE FIX THIS REGIME AND SHUT. DOWN THEIR BEHAVIOR ONCE AND FOR. ALL, GO BACK TO MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATION? THAT IS A MUCH BETTER CHOICE. IF WE CONTINUE IN NEGOTIATIONS, THEY HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED, EVEN IF WE GET A DEAL, THEY WILL. NOT COMPLY WITH IT. WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? THAT WOULD MEAN STRATEGIC. FAILURE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO REMEMBER. FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE HAD. TO PAY HIGHER GAS PRICE. I'M NOT MINIMIZING THE IMPACT. THAT HAS ON FAMILIES AND WORKING.

CLASS FAMILIES PAYING BILLS. EVERY MONTH. CERTAINLY IT HAS AN IMPACT ON. THEM. WHAT THEY WILL REMEMBER IS A. REGIME THAT HAS RECOVERED AND. REBUILT ITSELF. THAT IS A PREDATOR IN THE REGION. AGAIN AND, YES, KILLING. AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES AND. PARTED NERSZ AND THE ISRAELIS. ONCE AGAIN. THEY WILL REMEMBER THAT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN. AVOID RIGHT NOW. AND I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THE. PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO GO. DOWN THAT PATH. IS HE GOING TO GO DOWN THE PATH. TO FIX THIS, THE BEHAVIOR OF.

THIS REGIME FORCIBLY, ONCE AND. FOR ALL. LISTEN, I CREDIT SENATOR SHEEHY. YOU MAID THAT STATEMENT. PEOPLE SHOULD READ THAT. STATEMENT THAT HE READ TODAY. IT HAS MORAL CLARITY IN IT THAT. YOU RARELY SEE. IT REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE. SPEECHES THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS. MADE AND JOHN McCAIN HAS MADE. AND PEOPLE SHOULD READ IT AND. UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THAT SPEECH. AND WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED. TO DO HEREBY AGAINST THIS. REGIME.

ONE PRESIDENT, 47 YEARS HAS. STOOD UP TO THIS REGIME AND. THAT'S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. AND WE'RE ON A PATHWAY TO FIX. THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. >> Brian: GENERAL, I THINK ONE. OF THE THEMES IS, I KNOW YOU. KNOW THIS, THIS ISN'T A WAR OF. CHOICE. IT A PRESIDENT THAT CHOSE TO. FIGHT BACK AGAINST A COUNTRY. THAT DECLARED WAR ON US ALMOST. 50 YEARS AGO AND HAS KILLED. COUNTLESS AMERICANS IN THE MOST. HORRIFIC WAY POSSIBLE. MANY OF WHICH IN THEIR CUSTODY. HAVE BEEN TORTURED TO DEATH.

NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT THEY. JUST -- THEY WANT TO PLAY. POLITICS WITH WAR IN A WAY I. NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE. REAL QUICK, ON WHAT YOU ARE. SAYING ESCALATION, WOULD IT. INCLUDE THE ISRAELIS AND WOULD. IT ALSO INCLUDE AS A TARGET THE. HOUTHIS? >> LOOK IT, WE CAN HANDLE THE. HOUTHIS, WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE. IT A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN WHAT IT. REALLY IS WE SHUT THESE GUYS. DOWN ONCE BEFORE. THE REASON WHY THEY HAVEN'T GOT. INTO THIS ANY CONSEQUENTIAL WAY.

THEY KNOW THEY COULD LOSE. EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHY THEY ARE JUST TRYING. TO FOCUS ON SAUDI ARABIA. SO, THAT THE UNITED STATES DOES. NOT COME DOWN ON TOP OF THEM. THAT'S WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS. HERE. THE REAL ISSUE IS IRAN. AND THAT'S THE FOCUS HERE. >> AND, YES, WE GO BACK TO MAKE. COMBAT OPERATIONS, THE ISRAELIS. WILL BE A PART OF THAT FULL. THROTTLE, THEY ARE AT FULL. MAGAZINE DEPGHTD AND SO IS THE. UNITED STATES. AS YOU INDICATED EARLIER, IT. WOULD LIKELY BE A MASSIVE.

OPERATION, EVEN MORE POWERFUL. THAN WHAT WE BEGAN ON FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY 8TH. YOU GAS PRICES AND ALSO AMERICA. LIKES TO WIN. THEY WANTING TO SEE SUCCESS. GENERAL JACK KEANE, THANKS SO. MUCH. AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP WITH. EVERYTHING.