Jack Keane: This is INEVITABLE

SINCE THE CASE LAST MONTH. THAT TELEVISES IN AN HOUR ON. "FOX & FRIENDS" A NEW FRONT. ESCALATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS. IRAN BACKED HOUTHI REBELS RAMP. UP ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA. A BALLISTIC MISSILE TARGETING. RIYADH WAS INTERCEPTED YESTERDAY. AND NOW THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. REPORTS THE HOUTHIS ARE BUILDING. AN ADVANCED MISSILE USING. CHINESE SUPPLIED PARTS. I HOPE EVERYONE'S WATCHING AND. LISTENING TO THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CONSIDERING. WHETHER THE US SHOULD JOIN SAUDI.

STRIKES AGAINST THE HOUTHIS. WHICH COULD PULL AMERICANS INTO. ANOTHER FRONT IN THE WAR. HERE TO REACT IS RETIRED FOUR. STAR GENERAL JACK KEANE. WHAT'S THE RIGHT MOVE FOR THE. PRESIDENENT TO DO OR WHAT'S THE. MOVE YOU HOPE HE MAKES? >> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. DEAL WITH THE HOUTHIS FOR SURE. THEY ARE QUITE FORMIDABLE. WHETHER HE DOES IT NOW OR DOES. IT LATER, LIKELY LATER GIVEN THE. CIRCUMSTANCES WE'RE IN WITH A. NETANYAHU ELECTION COMING AND AN. ELECTION HERE IN THE UNITED. STATES, I THININK REALISTICALLY. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

SO FOR THE AUDIENCE TO. UNDERSTAND, THE HOUTHIS ARE NOT. JUST ANOTHER PROXY. I MEAN, THEY ARE AN IRANIAN. BACKED PROXY, IRAN IS THE. ANCHOR. IRAN GOES AWAY, ALL OF THESE. PROXIES BEGIN TO GO AWAY. SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. EVENTUALLY I THINK WE'RE G GOIN. TO FINISH IRAN. BUT IN THE TIME BEING, SO OUR. AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS, 2014, SHE. A BASED INSURGENCE TOPPLES THE. GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN. THEY BEGIN TO HIT SAUDI ARABIA. AFTER THAT. SAUDI LEADS A 10-NATION.

COALITION AGAINST THEM IN 2015. SOME OF THOSE COALITION MEMBERS. FALL AWAY AFTER A YEAR, TWO. YEARS, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS. AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THEY DON'T. DEFEAT THE HOUTHIS, THE HOUTHIS. AFTER SEVEN YEARS ARE 200,000. STRONG AND THEY SIGN A TRUCE IN. 2022 WITH SAUDI ARABIA. >> Brian: YEP. >> NOW, THEY ARE NORTH OF. 300,000, SOME ESTIMATES ARE. 350,000. THIS IS A FORMIDABLE FORCE THAT. SAUDI ARABIA, EVEN WITH A.

COALITION, A SMALL COALITION OF. U.S. TARGETING, PROVIDED INTEL. JENNINGS ISRAEL PROVIDING SOME. COVERT OPERATIONS, WE DON'T KNOW. EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, LICKLY. NOT GOING TO DEFEAT THEM. LIKELY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM. WHEN AND IF WE GO BACK TO MAJOR. COMBAT OPERATIONS, WHICH I THINK. IS INEVITABLE. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE. DANCE CARD. >> Brian: WE KNOW THERE'S ABOUT. 200 INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS WE. HAVE HELPING THE SAUDIS WITH. LOGISTICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY WANT US TO GET INVOLVED. MILITARILY.

I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU. THIS I ABOUT THE STRAIT. IRANIANS HITTING MERCHANT STRIPS. TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THINGS ON. THE STRAIT AND HAVE BEEN. SUCCESSFUL. WHY HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL. AND WAS THAT SURVEILLANCE SHIP. GUIDEN THE ATTACKS THAT WE BLEW. UP, IS THAT GOING TO MAKE A. DIFFERENCE. >> YEAH, WHAT HAPPENS, THE ENEMY. ALWAYS HAS A BOAT. SO WE TOOK AWAY THEIR RADARS, THAT SENSORS THEIR ABILITY TO. SEE THE STRAIT REMOTELY AND THAT. SHUT THEM DOWN. NOW THEY HAVE FAST ATTACK BOATS.

OUT THERE AS SPOTTERS. DESIGNATING TARGETS FOR THEIR. MISSILES, FOR THEIR DRONES, ET. CETERA. WHAT COOPER NEEDS, THE ADMIRAL. IN CHARGE OF CENTRAL COMMAND, DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE, DO WE. GO IN THERERE AND CLEAR THAT UP. NOW, OR DO WE WAIT UNTIL WE GO. BACK TO MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS IN FRONT. OF THE PRESIDENT. AND WE'RE STILL MOVING. SO IRANIANS UNDERSTAND. WE'RE STILL MOVING SHIPS THROUGH. THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ RIGHT OFF. THTHE COAST OF OMAN WHERE WE HA. THAT OPENED UP, THAT LANE.

>> Brian: GENERAL, THERE'S A. STORY YESTERDAY, THE LAST TWO. DAYS UKRAINE'S BEEN BLIND. THEY HAVE NOT HAD INTELLIGENCE. SHARING WITH THE U.S., AND WHEN. IT COMES TO STARLINK, IT'S BEEN. CUT OFF AND THEY'RE NOT MAKING. ON HE-DIMINISHING THEIRABILITY. TO HIT RUSSIAN TARGETS. HAS THAT CHANGED THE LAST TWO. DAYS? >> YEAH, I THINK TWO THINGS. HAPPENED. UKRAINE -- WHEN RUSSIA LAUNCHED. ITS MISSILES, WHEN ANYBODY. LAUNCHES A MISSILE IN THE WORLD, BASED ON OUR CAPABILITIES. WORLDWIDE WE KNOW THERE'S A.

MISSILE LAUNCH AND WHERE IT'S. HEADING. SO WE'VE ALWAYS DONE WELL, GIVEN. THEM ADVANCED WARNING MISSILES. ARE COMING. THAT GIVES THEM EARLY WARNING, GET THE PEOPLE IN THE BUNKERS IN. THE SUBWAY SYSTEMS. WE KNOW IT'S COMING. THEY'RE ATTACKING THE PEOPLE IN. UKRAINE. PUTIN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DEFEAT. UKRAINE MILITARILY AND HE'S NOT. GOING TO DEFEAT THEM. HE'S TRYING TO DEFEAT THE. UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. HE'S KILLED 15,000 CIVILIANS. THIS YEAR UP 55% FROM LAST YEAR. AND HE'S CONTINUING TO DO IT. SO NOT GETTING THAT ADVANCED.

WARNING AND GET PEOPLE IN TIME. INTO THOSE BUNKERS IS AN ISSUE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT'S BEEN. FIXED. THE SECOND THING IS STARLINK. GIVES THE UKRAINIANS, WHEN. THEY'RE INTERCEPTING DRONES AND. MISSILES COMING IN, IT GIVES. THEM THE CAPABILITY TO MOVE. THEIR DRONES, OUR DRONES, UKRAINE'S DRONES, AT GREAT SPEED. TO BE ABLE TO DEFEAT AN INCOMING. MISSILE THAT'S MOVING AT GREAT. SPEED OR JET-POWERED -- A. JET-POWERED DRONE COMING AT. GREAT SPEED. THAT CAPABILITY WAS REDUCED IN.

MAKING THOSE THINGS NOT. EFFECTIVE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT'S BEEN. FIXED. SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY THING. WHY AND WHO ORDERED THAT, OR WHY. IT TOOK PLACE, I DON'T HAVE THE. ANSWER. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT'S. FIXED. >> Brian: ELON MUSK SAID IT. WASN'T HIM. HE SAID THAT'S NOT MY CALL. SO HE SAID DON'T LOOK AT ME. LASTLY THERE IS A REUTERS REPORT. THAT SAYS THE U.S. MILITARY'S. WAYS USING THE MOTHER OF ALL. BOMBS ON THE NEXT ATTACK I. IMAGINE PICKAXE ON IS RIHANNA.

IS THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. >> WE DO KNOW THIS, THE. IRANIANS, THERE'S NO SURPRISE. HERE, HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING SOME. ACTIVITY AT THEIR DEEP BURIED. SITES. IRAN CERTAINLY ARE STILL. COMMITTED TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE. THIS REGIME WILL NOT CHANGE. WHEN WE FINISH T.