Keane: We shouldn't tolerate this

YOU. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT GRIDLOCK. WITH IRAN. IRAN IS NOT ABLE TO DO MUCH NOW. AND WE COULD, IF WE E WANTED TO, JUST TAKE ALL OF THE OIL. WE COULD TAKE THE WHOLE COUNTRY. WE COULD TAKE ALL OF THE OIL. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE HORMUZ. STRAIT IS TOTALLY OURS. AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL KEEP. IT. IN THAT WAY, THAT WOULD BE --. THE GRIDLOCK'S VERY INTERESTING. BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MONEY. THEY HAVE INFLFLATION THAT'S 30. THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD RIGHT. NOW. SO WE'LL SEE.

BRYAN: ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S TOP. OF MIND FOR VOTERS, THE WAR IN. IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMS VERY. CONFIDENT ABILITY WHERE THINGS. STAND, BUT IRAN -- ABOUT WHERE. THINGS STAND, BUT IRAN MAY HAVE. OTHER PLANS. ACCORDING TO U.S.S. INTELLIGENC, IRAN IS IN THE, QUOTE, ADVANCED. STAGES OF PLANNING ATTACK. AGAINST AMERICANS ABROAD. THE MEMO COMES DAYS AFTER THE. STATE DEPARTMENT WARNED. DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS AND THEIR. FAMILIES TO LEAVE THE REGION. ALL THIS AS THE U.S. AND ISRAEL. REPORTEDLY DRAW UP PLANS TO. POTENTIALLY STRIKE IRAN AFTER.

THE MIDTERMS, SO WHAT COULD WE. SEE HAPPEN NEXT? LET'S BRING IN FOX NEWS SENIOR. STRATEGIC ANALYST, GENERAL JACK. KEANE. GENERAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. BEING HERE, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. IT. LET'S START OFF WITH THE REPORTS. HERE THAT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION AND BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED. STATES, ARE REPORTEDLY THINKING. ABOUT A THREE-DAY STRIKE IN IRAN. AFTER THE MIDTERMS. IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT DOES THE. NEXT MILITARY STRIKE NEED TO. LOOK LIKE AND SHOULD -- IS THAT. THE RIGHT, IS THAT THE RIGHT.

PATH THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING. DOWN? >> WELL, WE'VE BEEN ON A. DIPLOMATIC PATH FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX-PLUS MONTHS HERE TRYING TO. GET A DEAL WITH THE IRANIANS. AND, CERTAINLY, THE EVIDENCE IS. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A DEAL. IRAN WILL NEVER MEET THEIR. CONSEQUENTIAL OWNIVES THE. PRESIDENT HAS LAID OUT, CAN BE. OBJECTIVES, AND HOST CERTAINLY. NOT GOING THE TAKE A BAD DEAL. HERE. WE'VE PUT HUGE ECONOMIC PRESSURE. ON THE REGIME GIVEN THE. DIPLOMATIC AVENUE FAILED.

AND WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OF. THAT. THE BLOCKADE HAS BEEN EXQUISITE. IN JUST SHUTTING DOWN EVERYTHING. IRAN MOVES BY SEA. AND CERTAINLY WHAT BESSENT, SECRETARY BESSENT, IS DOING IN. TERMS OF ISOLATING IRAN. ECONOMICALLY AND PUTTING HUGE. PRESSURE ON THEM HAS ALSO TAKEN. ITS TOLL. BUT, BRYAN, DESPITE THE HUGE. PROBLEMS THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE. INSIDE IRAN, DESPITE THE CASH. FLOW PROBLEMS THEY WILL HAVE, WHERE THE REGIME REGIME IS, IN.

THEIR HEADS -- AND I UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT COUNTRY. THROUGH WHAT THAT KIND OF. ECONOMIC PERIL WOULD MEAN TO US, BUT THEYEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN U. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT VALUES. SYSTEM, A DIFFERENT IDEOLOGY. THEY REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE. ECONOMIC PERIL THAT IT'S CAUSING. THE POPULATION OTHER THAN THE. FACT THAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT. POPULATION TO RISE UP AGAINST. THEM. THEY TRULY FEAR THAT POPULATION. BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IS THE. MEANS TO CREATE A CHANGE IN THE. REGIME.

BUT WHILE -- WHAT I THINK THEY. WANT TO DO IS JUST SURVIVE, BRYAN. JUST SURVIVE. AND GEORGIA THEY'VES -- THAT. GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY OVER. TIME TO RECOVER AND REBUILD. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN END. STSTATE THAT WE SHOULD TOLL LATE. ARE -- TOLERATE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SURVIVE AND. GONE AND REBUILD AND BECOME THE. PREDATOR AGAIN IN A SUBSEQUENT. ADMINISTRATION THAT THE UNITED. STATES HAS AND ALSO INFLICT. CONTINUOUS PRESSURE ON THE. ISRAELIS THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE. THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO THAT BRINGS MILITARY. OPERATIONS BACK INTO PLAY. AND I DO THINK IT'S THE RIGHT. COURSE OF ACTION THE TAKE. IT'LL BE ISRAEL AND IRAN. IT WON'T BE AS LONG AS IT -- WE. HAD 14 DAYS AGO WHEN WE STOPPED. AFTER 38 DAYS, BUT WE'VE HAD SIX. AND A HALF MONTHS OF GATHERING. INTELLIGENCE. SO WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TARGET. SETS, AND OUR ARSENALS ARE FULL. IN TERMS OF OUR CAPABILITY RIGHT. NOW. ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE IN THE. REGION ARE THERE. ALSO WE'VE UPGUNNED THE DEFENSE.

OF U.S. BASES IN THE REGION, AND. OUR LEADERS, MILITARY LEADERS, HAVE GONE AROUND TO ALL OF THE. GULF STATES WHICH WE KNOW IRAN. WILL ATTACK AND HAVE HELPED TO. SHORE UP THEIR DEFENSES. AND, OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE. TARGET SETS WE WOULD HAVE WOULD. BE TO TAKE DOWN IRAN'S. RETALIATION, OFFENSIVE. CAPABILITY WHICH IS BALLISTIC. MISSILES AND DRONES AS MUCH AS. POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE. OTHER TARGETS. I THINK THE MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATIONS WOULD BE SHORTER. ABSOLUTELY MORE MASSIVE AND MORE.

DIRECTED BECAUSE THE. INTELLIGENCE IS SO GOOD. BRYAN: GENERAL, IS IT REALISTIC. TO BELIEVE HERE THAT SHORT. THREE-DAY CAMPAIGN COULD ACHIEVE. THOSE OBJECTIVES, OR DO YOU. FORESEE MILITARY ACTION ACHING. MORE TIME? AND -- TAKING MORE TIME? MY FOLLOW-UP IS IRAN IS DOING. WHAT IT ALWAYS DOES, BUT IT'S. GOT SOME LOUD AND SERIOUS IS. THREATS. QUOTE, NO MORE RED LINES, THREATENING TO ATTACK U.S. DATA.

CENTERS, BASES AND THE ADVANCED. STAGES OF PLANNING THAT THE U.S. BELIEVES IRAN IS IN TERMS OF. ATTACKING AMERICANS ABROAD. WHAT DO YOU ASSESS THEIR. CAPABILITY OF, OF DOING THOSE. TYPES OF ATTACKS SUCCESSFULLY. AGAINST US? >> YEAH. WELL, LET ME UNPACK A COUPLE OF. THOSE QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE DEALING WITH THE. TIME FRAME, I DON'T THINK WE. SHOULD FOCUS ON THE TIME. WHEN WE GO AFTER SOMETHING LIKE. THIS, WE FOCUS ON THE. CONDITIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE SET.

OBJECTIVES FOR OURSELVES. THE ENEMY HAS A VOTE AND, CERTAINLY, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY. TO ADAPT AS OUR ATTACKS ARE. GOING FORWARD AND ADJUST. AND WE HAVE TO ADJUST WITH THEM. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS. CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND THAT. WOULD DRIVE THE TIMELINE. I WOULDN'T FOCUS ON WHETHER IT'S. 3 DAYS, 10 DAYS, 12 DAYS. IT'S WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO. ACHIEVE. DEALING WITH THE IRANIANS, IT'S. UNUSUAL FOR US TO MAKE SUCH A. STATEMENT ABOUT THE IRANIAN. THREAT AND BE SO SPECIFIC ABOUT. OUT IN THE ADVANCED STAGES.

OVERSEAS WHERE OUR PEOPLE MAY, INDEED, BE MORE VULNERABLE. AND I THINK WE'RE USING THAT TO. LET THE IRANIANS KNOW WE HAVE. UNCOVERED THIS INTELLIGENCE, CERTAINLY HIGHLY CLASSIFIED. INTELLIGENCE TO REVEAL THOSE. KIND OF SPECIFIC PLANS THAT THEY. HAVE IN MIND, AND WE'RE LETTING. THEM KNOW WE KNOW THAT. AND, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE USING THAT. AS A DETERRENCE IN AND OF. ITSELF, THAT WE'RE GOING TO. CATCH YOU AT IT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN BRITAIN OVER THE. LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THERE. HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO 20 LATE STAGE.

IRANIAN ATTACKS THAT ARE GOING. TO BE CONDUCTED D INSIDE THE U.. AND NY-5, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. UNIT DISRUPTED EVERY SINGLE ONE. OF THEM. AND REMEMBER ARE, IT WAS IN THE. U.K.9 THAT THE IRANIANS WERE. THREATENING WITH DRONES LIKELY. AND OTHER MEANS TO GO AFTER THE. AIR BASE THAT WE HAD THERE WHEN. WE MOVED THE BOMBERS OUT OF THAT. AIR BASE. AS TO THIS, THE IRANIANS'. METHODOLOGY, IT'S KIND OF. INTERESTING. THEY USUALLY DON'T BRING THEIR.

AGENTS IN TO EXECUTE. THEY BRING THEIR IRGC AGENTS IN. TO HELP PLAN, AND THEN THEY. BRING LOCAL ELEMENTS, MOSTLY. CRIMINAL ELEMENTS, TO DO THE. EXECUTION. AND THEY GIVE -- THEY'VE ALWAYS. BELIEVED THAT GIVES THEM. DENIABILITY. ALSO THEY CAN MOVE INSIDE THE. POPULATION MAYBE A LOT EASIER. THAN WHAT THEIR OWN AGENTS WOULD. DO. BUT THEIR AGENTS ARE IN THE. PLANNING PHASE, NOT SO MUCH IN. THE EXECUTION PHASE. OUR ANTENNA IS UP HERE. WE'RE VERY GOOD AT. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. AND I THINK WE'LL GO OUT OF OUR.

WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE. AND OUR ASSETS ARE PROTECTED IN. THE REGION. DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE THREAT. ISN'T REAL. IT CERTAINLY IS REAL, AND WE'RE. SAYING THAT PUBLICLY. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DILIGENCE. HERE IN TERMS OF HOW TO DO THIS. AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AT. GETTING IT RIGHT. BRYAN: AND WE HAVE, REPORTEDLY, MOVES SOME -- MOVED SOME ASSETS. FROM NEARBY AS THE PRESIDENT HAS. A DECISION TO MAKE AFTER THE. MIDTERMS, IT APPEARS. GENERAL JACK KEANE, THANK YO.