'The Five': Trump is only going to hit Iran with more 'FEROCITY'

>> Greg: U.S. FORCES STRIKING. IRAN FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE. NIGHT AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. VOWED VENGEANCE AGAINST THE. TERROR REGIME FOLLOWING THE. DEATHS OF 14 AMERICAN TROOPS. THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE PRESIDENT POSTING, EVERY. TIME IRAN KILLS AN AMERICAN. SOLDIER, THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT. KILLING MANY TIMES OVER. HERE'S THE PRESIDENT. >> WE FEEL VERY BADLY. THOSE GREAT PEOPLE, THESE GREAT. PATRIOTS WERE OUT THERE FIGHTING.

THAT IRAN COULD NOT HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE HIT THEM VERY HARD TONIGHT. WE DID THAT IN HONOR OF THE. PROBABLY THREE. PROBABLY THREE AS OPPOSED TO. TWO. GREAT PATRIOTS. >> Greg: SOME DEMOCRATS ARGUE. THAT AIR STRIKES WON'T FINISH. THE JOB. >> THE IRANIANS, GIVE THEM. CREDIT, THEY KNOW ABOUT ENRICHED. URANIUM AND KNOW ABOUT NUCLEAR. THEY HAVE GREAT NEGOTIATORS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO -- I DO NOT.

BELIEVE THAT WE WILL NOT BOMB. IRAN TO SUBMISSION. >> Greg: IS IT A MISTAKE THAT. IRAN HOLDS THE SAME VALUE OVER. HUMAN LIFE LIKE WE DO? THEY'RE FINE. YOU CAN BOMB US TO HELL AND BACK. BUT --. >> Dana: THEY'LL KILL THEIR OWN. PEOPLE. THEY DID. THEY KILLED 40,000 IN JANUARY. SO I THINK THE RESPONSE TO. KILLING AMERICANS WILL BE CLEAR. THAT THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS. USUAL. THEY GAVE THEM A CHANCE WITH THE. MEN RANDOM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT.

THE IRANIANS BALKED AT. NOW YOU HAVE A DECISIVE STRIKING. BACK. I BELIEVE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO. HAVE A BRIEFING FROM SECRETARY. HEGSETH AND GENERAL CANE. WHEN THERE WAS ACTION BEFORE, THEY HAD DONE THESE ONCE A WEEK. IT WAS HELPFUL. I WOULD DO IT TOMORROW BEFORE. THEY TESTIFY IN FRONT OF. CONGRESS. THEN IT'S A CIRCUS. IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BRIEFING. AT 8:30 LIKE THEY HAD BEEN. DOING, AT LEAST THEY CAN GET ON. THE RECORD BEFORE BEING IN FRONT. OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT WILL. TRY TO MAKE IT ABOUT THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE TO GO FOR THE BUDGET. TOMORROW. AND THAT WAY YOU COULD HAVE THE. SECRETARY, YOU MIGHT SAY, I. ANSWERED THAT THIS MORNING. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE PRESIDENT. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HEAR. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, LIKE HOW IS THIS GOING TO GO. TO ANSWER MARK WARNER, I DON'T. EXPECT DETAILS, BUT WHEN MARK. WARNER IS OUT THERE SAYING. NOBODY EXPECTS THAT WE'RE GOING. TO BOMB THEM IN TO SUBMISSION. OKAY. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR LIKE WHAT.

IS THE STRATEGY THEN? THE KEY IS STRAIT OF HORMUZ. I BELIEVE THAT THE NUCLEAR. WEAPON THING WILL BE OFF THE. TABLE. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. THAT'S BEEN CLEAR. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AGREES. THE ISSUE IS THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ AND TRYING TO GET THAT. OPEN. >> Greg: CHARLIE, AS A LAY. PERSON, I KEEP HEARING LIKE. WHENEVER THERE'S THIS KIND OF. CONFLICT, MORE TARGETS ARE HIT, MORE TARGETS ARE HIT. WHEN IS LIKE -- HOW DO YOU KNOW. WHEN THE TARGETS ARE DOING -- IS.

IT GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER OR. WHAT ARE WE HITTING? >> Charlie: AND OF COURSE, ONE. OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY. ALARMING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THOSE. STRIKES ON JORDAN WERE PRETTY. ADVANCED WEAPONS. CERTAINLY WE FELT LIKE A LOT OF. THE STRIKES PREVIOUSLY HAD TAKEN. OUT THEIR -- A LOT OF THEIR. MISSILE CAPABILITIES. THAT IS ALARMING. BUT WHATEVER DEGREE TO WHICH.

PEOPLE MISJUDGE THE IRANIAN. LEADERSHIP, I THINK THE IRANIAN. LEADERSHIP MISREAD WAS TRUMP AND. CONTINUES TO MISREAD PRESIDENT. TRUMP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY. POLITICIANS OPERATE ON TWO AND. FOUR-YEAR SCHEDULES. THEY'RE DEALING WITH A GUY DOES. NOT CARE ABOUT A TWO-YEAR OR. FOUR-YEAR SCHEDULE. FIRST OF ALL, NO PRESIDENT WOULD. EVER LAUNCH A WAR, ESPECIALLY. ONE THAT IS NOT POPULAR IN THE. MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION YEAR,

MID-TERMS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT. REPUBLICANS WIN. THEN YOU WIND UP WITH A. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. I THINK THE IRANIAN LEADERS. FIGURED HE WOULDN'T START. BOMBING AGAIN. I WAS WAS RELIEVED THAT THAT WAS. BEHIND HIM AND GAS PRICES WENT. DOWN. THEY PICKED THE WRONG GUY. NOW THEY KILLED THREE MORE, TWO. THAT HAVE BEEN NAMED, PRIVATE.

ISABELLA GONZALEZ AND JAMES. FEEHAN FROM HAWAII. PATRIOTS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES. THE FACT THAT IRAN KILLED THEM. IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE TRUMP. MADDER. IT'S ONLY -- ALL YOU'RE DOING IS. HITTING THE HORNET'S NEST. HE'S GOING TO RESPOND WITH. GREATEST FEROCITY TO THE POINT. THAT THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A. NEW NAME FOR THIS OPERATION.

>> Greg: HAROLD, WHAT DO YOU. THINK THE RESPONSE WILL ENTAIL? I HATE ASKING SPECULATIVE. ANSWER. >> Harold: MY CONDOLENCES TO THE. FAMILIES. THESE ARE 19 AND 25-YEAR-OLDS. THAT'S WHAT OUR MILITARIES ARE. MADE OF. I PRAY FOR THEM. YOUR QUESTION BEGS AN ANSWER. BEFORE YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, YOU. HAVE TO HAVE A STRATEGY OR AN. OBJECTIVE AND THEN DEVELOP A. STRATEGY TO WHAT YOU DO. WE HAVE GONE FROM -- I REMEMBER.

FEBRUARY 27, THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ WERE OPEN. OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO ELIMINATE. THE IRANIAN'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP. A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND IF NOT. DIMINISH IT OR ELIMINATE THEIR. BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPACITY. IT EVOLVED. IT EVOLVED BECAUSE I DIFFERED. WITH MY FRIEND CHARLIE AND YOU. I THINK THE TERMS OF THIS BATTLE. HAVE CHANGED SINCE FEBRUARY 28. WE NO LONGER TALK AS MUCH ABOUT. THE NUCLEAR PIECE. I HOPE THAT DANA IS RIGHT AND.

WE'LL TAKE THIS OFF OF THE. TABLE. THE IRANIANS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL. OF THE NARRATIVE. THEY HAVE ZONE WHAT MANY. PRESIDENTS BEFORE FEARED THAT IF. WE DID ATTACK THE IRANIANS, THEY. WOULD WEAPONIZE THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE. THE HOUTHIS WILL BEGIN. CONTROLLING THE SUEZ CANAL. YOU HAVE 10 OR 15% OF THE. WORLD'S COMMERCE THAT GOES. THROUGH THERE. THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT. IS THAT WE WANT. IF WE WANT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

OPEN, I THINK OUR ATTACKS, THE. CONTINUED MILITARY OPERATION TO. TRY TO AFFECT THE TERMS OF. NEGOTIATION, WE HAVE TO DO. MARK WARNER IS RIGHT. BOMBING MAY NOT WORK. JESSE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE HAVE TO PUT TROOPS ON GROUND. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REASSERT. CONTROL TO ASSURE THAT THE. WATERS ARE NAVIGATABLE. WHEN YOU HAVE KNOW ALLIES GOING. INTO THIS AGAINST THE ISRAELIS. AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT, WE'RE. GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT HAVE. TO PUT THE TROOPS ON THE GROUND.

IF YOU WANT THE STRAIT OPEN. WHY? AS MUCH AS THE PRESIDENT AND MY. FRIEND, SECRETARY BESSENT MAY. SAY, WE DO NOT, FOR DO WE. CONTROL THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THEY DO. FINALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU. DON'T NEED TO TELL THE WORLD IF. TWO AMERICANS ARE KILLED THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO DIRECT THE. SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE JOINT. CHIEFS OF STAFF TO RESPOND. THAT'S YOUR JOB. I'VE SAID ON THIS SHOW MANY. TIMES, PLEASE STOP TALKING SO. MUCH. THERE'S NO NEED TO TELL THEM. EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, ALL.

YOU'RE THINKING AND WHEN YOU DO. IT. IF YOU CHOOSE NOT DO DO IT, IT. AFFECTS YOUR CREDIBILITY. >> Greg: LAST WORD TO YOU, KENNEDY. >> Kennedy: YOU SAID A VERY. IMPORTANT QUESTION. DO THEY VALUE HUMAN LIFE? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE AFTER. LIFE. THIS IS A THEOCRACY. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO TALK THEM. IN TO RATIONALE CAPITALISM. YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE GREAT. MISTAKE WE MADE IN THE MIDDLE.

EAST FOR DECADES. HAVING SAID THAT, YOU STARTED. IT. NOW YOU HAVE TO FINISH IT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? UNFORTUNATELY I AGREE WITH. HAROLD. I THINK MARK WARNER IS RIGHT. I THINK HE'S AN ASS HAT. HE HATES TRUMP SO MUCH. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYONE. GIVING INPUT THAT HATES THE. PRESIDENT THAT MUCH. THAT IS SO BAD FOR THE COUNTRY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT, FINE. IF YOU THINK THIS IS A WAR OF. CHOICE, IF YOU THINK THAT THE. CONSEQUENCES HERE ARE SO. INCREDIBLY DIRE AND SET THE. MIDDLE EAST UP FOR DISASTER, THEN WHAT WOULD YOU DO? IF THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO DO. THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY. HALFWAY IN, DO YOU GET US. HALFWAY OUT? DO YOU GO THE FULL DISTANCE? THERE AREN'T TOO MANY CHOICES. LEFT AVAILABLE UNFORTUNATELY. ONCE YOU STARTED SOMETHING LIKE. THIS, THE WAY YOU FINISH IT IS.

WITH AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS. WE'RE SADDENED AND DISGUSTED TO. HEAR ABOUT THOSE NEWLY MINTED. GOLD STAR FAMILIES. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. BUT IF WE SEE A GROUND INVASION, YOU'LL SEE MORE THAN THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUNG. PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE. DESTROYED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE. SAYING THEIR NAMES EVERY DAY ON. TV. IT'S NOT JUST POLITICALLY. COSTLY. IT'S AT SOME POINT IT GETS TO.

BE --. >> Harold: THE ONLY OTHER OPTION. IS A DEAL. YOU'LL HAVE TO UNFREEZE THE. MONEY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT. TROOPS ON THE GROUND. GUESS WHO ELSE KNOWS THEY DON'T. WANT TROOPS ON THE GROUND? THE IRANIANS. MARK WARNER LOVES THIS COUNTRY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I KNOW HIM WELL. HE BELIEVES WE OUGHT TO HAVE AN. AGREEMENT. I THINK.