Jack Keane: We've NEVER seen this before

♪. >> Ainsley: THE U.S. MILITARY. LAUNCHING LARGE SCALE. RETALIATORY STRIKES ON IRANIAN. TARGETS AFTER IDRC ATTACKS IN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND AGAINST. U.S. ALLIED BASES. I SPOKE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE. MARCO RUBIO JUST AFTER THE. STRIKES WERE ANNOUNCED. >> THAT SHIP HAS SAILED NO PUN. INTEND WIND REGARD TO THE. STRAIT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT -- AT THE. CORE ISSUE THEY'RE NEVER GOING.

TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT. CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE FACT THEY. WANT TO POSSESS A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND THREATEN THE WORLD WITH IT. AND WE WILL NEVER ALLOW THAT TO. HAPPEN. >> Ainsley: I MENTION THE FACT. THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN SAID WE. WOULD LIKE TO GET THE MOU BACK. INTACT AND HE SAID FORGET THAT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE DID. MEANWHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP. SENDING A STARK WARNING TO IRAN. POSTING ON TRUTH SOCIAL THIS IN. PART. IF THE FAILED NATION OF IRAN. RETALIATES FOR THE VERY. JUSTIFIED ATTACK THEY WILL BE. HIT AGAIN AND MUCH HARDER AND. HIGHER LEVEL. THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE LEFT. OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

BRING IN RETIRED FOUR STAR. GENERAL FOX NEWS STRATEGIC. ANALYST GENERAL JACK KEANE. I KNOW YOU SAID THERE WERE 20%. OF TARGETS WE DIDN'T HIT ON EPIC. FURY ONE. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH OPERATION. ECONOMIC FURY TWO PERHAPS. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THIS TACTIC? >> YEAH, VERY MUCH SO. I MEAN, WHAT SECRETARY BESSENT. IS DOING IS UNPRECEDENTED. HE'S ATTEMPTING TO ISOLATE FROM. IRAN ALL OF THEIR REVENUE.

SOURCES, CAUSE TRUE ECONOMIC. PERIL TO THEM ON A SCALE THAT. WE'VE NEVER SEEN, ISOLATE A. COUNTRY FINANCIALLY AND. ECONOMICALLY AND ALL OF THEIR. NETWORKS AND JUST SHUT THEM DOWN. IN THAT SENSE. AND I LOVE THE OBJECTIVE THAT. HE'S TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE. IT'S ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF THE. NATION. WHAT'S NOT STATED IS WHAT THE. OBJECTIVES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. TO OBTAIN A GOOD NEGOTIATING. POSITION WITH THE IRANIANS, THAT'S NOT THE OBJECTIVE HERE.

AND I THINK THERE'S A. REALIZATION HERE AND LIKELY. AFTER WHAT SECRETARY RUBIO JUST. SAID, REINFORCES IT, BECAUSE IT. WAS THE MOU WHERE THERE WAS A. DEAL IN IT TO OPEN THE STRAITS. OF HORMUZ EVEN REMOVED OUR. BLOCKADE ACCORDINGLY AND THE. IRANIANS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER. VIOLATED IT AND BEGAN TO DISRUPT. THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ AGAIN. I THINK THERE'S A REALIZATION. THAT EVEN IF YOU DO NEGOTIATE. WITH THIS REGIME AND THEY MAKE A. DEAL, WHICH THEY DID IN THE MOU, BOTH PRESIDENTS SIGNED IT,

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLY WITH. IT. SO IF THAT'S THE END STATE OF. NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AND WE. REFINANCED THE REGIME AS A. RESULT OF IT THEY WOULD NEVER. SIGN ANYTHING UNLESS WE REMOVED. SANCTIONS AND REMOVED FROZEN. ASSETS AND GIVE THEM MONEY TO. RECOVER. WHAT DOES THAT REALLY GET US? IT GETS US PASSING THE IRANIAN. REGIME TO THE NEXT. ADMINISTRATION TO COPE WITH IT. THAT'S NOT WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS, AND IT'S NOT WHERE HE. STARTED AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S. WHERE HE'S GOING TO FINISH. AND I THINK SECRETARY BESSENT.

HAS PUT US ON A PATH HERE TO. ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE THEIR. ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND IF WE HAVE. TO USE MILITARY CAPABILITY IN. ADDITION TO THAT, I BELIEVE THAT. PRESIDENT WILL COME TO THAT. DECISION. HE WILL NOT PASS THIS PROBLEM ON. TO THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION TO. SOLVE IT AS IT WAS PASSED ON TO. HIM AFTER 47 YEARS TO SOLVE THE. PROBLEM. THAT IS THE PATH WE'RE ON AND I. THINK SECRETARY BESSENT HAS GOT. AN EXCELLENT VEHICLE TO MOVE US. IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> Ainsley: I SEE WE'RE SLOWLY. OPENING THE STRAIGHT GETTING. ABOUT 35 TANKERS THROUGH WE HAVE. TO GET UP TO OVER A HUNDRED I. GET IT. YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IF. TWO OF OUR STRIKES WE HIT THEIR. TANKERS INSTEAD OF JUST TURNING. AROUND THE OIL TANKERS WE ACTUAL. LIVE STRUCK THEM. I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. THE QUESTION IS WHO'S HELPING. THEM. SO I ASKED SECRETARY RUBIO THE. FACT THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN. YESTERDAY TOLD IRAN I'M HERE TO. HELP YOU, WHAT'S OUR RESPONSE? LISTEN. >> NOTHING THAT ANYONE IS. PROVIDING IRAN IS IN ANY WAY. IMPEDING OUR ABILITY TO ACT AS.

NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE UNITED. STATES. THAT SAID, IT IS CLEAR THAT IN. THE CASE OF WHAT IRAN IS DOING, WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY FULLY. ALIGNED WITH THE RUSSIAN. POSITION ON IT, BUT RUSSIA'S. GOT, YOU KNOW, AND PUTIN'S GOT. HIS OWN SET OF PROBLEMS THAT I. THINK TAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF. HIS TIME AND FOCUS WHICH IS THE. WAR WITH UKRAINE, AND, FRANKLY, THE IMPACTS OF THESE UKRAINIAN. STRIKES ARE HAVING ON THE. RUSSIAN ECONOMY IN COMBINATION. WITH SANCTIONS. >> Ainsley: GENERAL SHOULD WE BE. DOING MORE TO PUSH BACK ON PUTIN. WHO ARROGANTLY SAYS HE'S HELPING.

IRAN? >> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. PUTIN IS UNDER PRESSURE NOW IN A. WAY HE HASN'T BEEN, HE'S IN HIS. FIFTH YEAR OF WAR AND HE HAS NOT. BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY SIZABLE. TACTICAL GAINS IN A YEAR. JUST INCREMENTAL GAINS THE. IRANIANS HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN. SOME TERRITORY BACK AND THEIR. STRATEGIC TARGETING OF RUSSIA, DEEP INTO RUSSIA, THEIR OIL. REFINERIES AND MISSILE BASES, ET. CETERA, ARE CLEARLY TAKING AN.

ECONOMIC TOLL AS WELL AS A. MILITARY TOLL. WHAT PUTIN HAS AND WHAT HE IS. USING IS BALLISTIC MISSILES TO. ATTACK THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND. HE'S PRODUCING THOSE CASUALTIES. DAILY. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. TO INTERCEPT THOSE BALLISTIC. MISSILES -- THEY'RE KNOCKING. DOWN 90-95% OF THEIR DRONES AND. TAKING OUT THE CRUISE MISSILES. IT IS THE BALLISTIC MISSILE. PROBLEM THAT THE UKRAINIANS HAVE. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PACK.

THREE, THE PATRIOT INTERCEPTERS, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT. WE CAN DO, GIVE THEM A LESS. CAPABLE PATRIOT SYSTEM, ALSO. ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF. OTHER SYSTEMS THAT CAN DEAL WITH. THAT PROBLEM. PUTIN IS TRYING TO BREAK THE. WILL OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND. FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO. CAPITULATE. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE. STEADFAST, THEY KNOW THEY ARE. FIGHTING FOR THEIR ENTIRE. LIVELIHOOD HERE.

AND ALSO THE PRESSURE OF. SANCTIONS ON PUTIN AND TAKING. EVERYTHING AWAY FROM HIM. ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY AT. THIS TIME IS SIGNIFICANT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PUTIN CANNOT. REPLACE THE PEOPLE THAT HE'S. LOSING ON THE BATTLE FIELD AS A. RESULT OF VOLUNTARY RECRUITMENT. HE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO. SOME KIND OF MOBILIZATION TO DO. THAT. GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE. CHALLENGES THAT HE'S FACING. REMEMBER, IN HIS MIND, THIS WAS. GOING TO BE OVER IN 2-3 WEEKS. WE'RE IN THE FIFTH YEAR AND THE.

TIDE IS TURNING IN FAVOR OF. UKRAINE. QUITE A STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT ON. THE PART OF THE UKRAINIAN. PEOPLE, THEIR MILITARY, THEIR. CAPABILITY. THE UNITED STATES AND THE. EUROPEANS, ALL OF WHOM WE'VE. BEEN ASSISTING THEM IN THIS. ENDEAVOR. >> ABSOLUTELY. ACCORDING TO ISW, WHICH YOU RUN, 42,020 CASUALTIES IN ONE MONTH, STUNNING, WHAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE. SUFFERED. GENERAL THANKS SO MU.