This is the real 'END STATE' of the Iran conflict: Navy SEAL veteran

HIS HEROIC ACTIONS. HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER. >> John: AT LEAST HE'S. RECOVERING. THAT'S A GREAT THING. BREAKING MOMENTS AGO, 27-YEAR-OLD DUAL U K. IRANIAN. NATIONAL ARRESTED FOR HIS. ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. TERROR PLOT AGAINST THE AIR BASE. IN THE U.K. LET'S BRING IN. FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND VICE ADMIRAL. ROBERT HARWOOD PERRY TALKING. ABOUT RAF FAIRFORD AND THIS WAS. WHAT THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. SAID ABOUT POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS. TO IRAN.

>> THERE IS INDEED A STRONG. IMPLICATION THAT IRAN PLAYED A. PART. THIS REMAINS A COMPLEX AND. SERIOUS POLICE INVESTIGATION SO. I CAN'T SAY ANY MORE AT THIS. STAGE. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO CONFER. WHAT WE COULD SAY BUT WE CAN NOW. CONFIRM OUR BELIEF THAT IRAN. PLAYED A PART. >> John: AGAIN JUST TODAY THE. ARREST OF THE 27-YEAR-OLD DUAL. U.K. IRANIAN CITIZEN ARRESTED IN. WESTMINSTER WHICH IS IN THE.

CAPITAL CITY OF LONDON. HOW WERE YOU STRUCK BY THESE. DEVELOPMENTS? >> I'M NOT SURPRISED. IRAN FOR DECADES HAS BEEN. ATTACKING BELOW THE LINE OF. DIRECT CONFRONTATION GOING AFTER. WESTERN SOCIETY, U.S. BRITISH. INTERESTS FOR DECADES. THIS WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER. EXAMPLE OF THAT. IF OUR AGENTS WERE JUST. BELIEVERS IN THE IDEOLOGY OF. VIOLENT RADICAL ISLAM.

THAT THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT HAS. HIJACKED AND USED AS THEIR. POLICY THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND. THE WORLD. THIS WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER. INDICATOR OF THAT, ANOTHER. CONFIRMATION OF THE IMPACT IT'S. HAD. YOU ADDRESS THE GOVERNMENT OF. IRAN. >> John: UNCLEAR HOW IT MIGHT. AFFECT THE CONFLICT. THAT THERE WAS AN INTENDED. ATTACK ON BRITISH SOIL BUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS KEEPING UP. THE RHETORICAL HEAT RIGHT THIS. IS WHAT HE SAID.

MAYBE YOU BLOW THEM UP. MAYBE YOU BLOW THEM UP HERE WE. HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WE BLOW THEM UP, MAKE A DEAL. THE TIME IS COMING COME IT'S. GOING TO END VERY SOON ONE WAY. OR THE OTHER. >> John: I THINK IT'S A SAFE. BET NOBODY'S GOING TO BE BLOWN. UP BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? >> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU. MORE. END TIME. IT'S ON THE PRESIDENT'S SIDE. THE FINANCIAL STRANGULATION OF.

IRAN. IT TIGHTENS EVERY DAY. SO HE CAN STRIKE WHENEVER HE. WANTS. IT MAY NOT BE MILITARY TARGETS. IT MAY BE MORE BACK INTO THE. INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IRAN. CANNOT PUT GAS IN THEIR CARS AND. TRAVEL AND GO ANYWHERE TO BUY. FOOD OR SURVIVE. HE'S GOT OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. AND I THINK THE TIMING ON HIS. BEHALF SO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE. MIDTERMS AND THEN HE CAN. EXERCISE ANY AND ALL OF THOSE. OPTIONS THAT HE'S GOT ON HIS.

SIDE OF THE TABLE. >> John: FOREIGN MINISTER OF. IRAN ABBAS ARAGHCHI WAS ON ONE. OF THE SUNDAY SHOWS WHERE HE. SEEMED TO SOUND COME I DON'T. WANT TO SAY CONTRITE BUT HE. SEEMED AMENABLE TO NEGOTIATIONS. AND PUSHKIN, THE PRESIDENT OF. IRAN SAID MUCH THE SAME THING. >> WE HAVE NOT SHIED AWAY FROM. BATTLE NOR HAVE WE EVER DONE SO. TO TELL THE TRUTH THEY WANTED TO. DESTROY IRAN. THEY WERE NOT THINKING TO. ENGAGE. >> John: THIS IS WHAT WE ARE. HEARING FROM THE IRANIAN.

CIVILIAN IF YOU WILL OFFICIALS, WE ARE ALL SET FOR DIALOG. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE IRGC. I ASSUME THEY MIGHT BE OF A. DIFFERENT MIND. HOWEVER WITH ALL THE PRESSURES. ON IRANIAN SOCIETY AND ON THE. REGIME WITH THE BLOCKADE IT. SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IRAN HAS. BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. >> I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO BECOME. DESPERATE FOR A DEAL AT. ONE POINT AND THAT'S WHY THE. PRESIDENT IS IN SUCH A GREAT. POSITION.

A DEAL MAY NOT BE THE END STATE. THE REAL END STATE MAY BE A. GOVERNMENT IRAN THAT RENOUNCES. THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION AND. CEASES ITS POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FUNDING. SURROGATES, MISSILE AND DRONE. TECHNOLOGIES AND STRAIGHTENING. -- N. THREATENING THE STRAITS OF. HORMUZ. THAT'S THE REAL END STATE HERE. DO YOU REALLY NEED NEGOTIATIONS. ON A DEAL FOR THAT OR WOULD YOU. RATHER LET IT PLAY OUT OR WHERE. IT AFFECTS AND IT COMES TO THAT. END STATE THROUGH ITS OWN.

VOLITION IN IRAN ITSELF. SO AGAIN THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT A. LOT OF OPTIONS. TIME IS ON HIS SIDE AND I THINK. THAT'S WHAT THIS MESSAGING IS. INDICATING. THEY UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY ARE. GOING TO HAVE TO GET A DEAL. BEFORE COMPLETELY COLLAPSES IF. THEY WANT TO SURVIVE AT THE END. OF THE DAY. >> John: IT WOULD APPEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GOT THE. UPPER HAND. BEFORE WE GO I WANTED TO ASK. ABOUT THIS. THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS GOING. TO BE CUTTING FLAG OFFICERS BY. 20%. I DID A QUICK LOOK OF WHERE WE.

ARE WITH FLANK OFFICERS VERSUS. NOW AND THE SIZE OF THE FORCE. AND COMPARED THAT TO. WORLD WAR II. WORLD WAR II THERE WERE 2000. PLUS ACTIVE DUTY GENERALS AND. ADMIRALS FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY. FORCE OF 12 MILLION WHICH WAS A. RATIO OF ABOUT ONE ADMIRAL OR. GENERAL FOR EVERY 6000 ACTIVE. DUTY. AT PRESENT WE'VE GOT FEWER. ACTIVE DUTY GENERALS OR. ADMIRALS. THE FORCE IS SMALLER THE RATIO. IS ONE IN 1500. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CUTTING. THE FLAG OFFICER LEVEL.

>> IT'S ABOUT BEING EFFECTIVE. AND EFFICIENT IN HOW WE. STRUCTURE OUR MILITARY TO BE THE. BEST WARFIGHTING ENTITY IT CAN. BE? THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS. OR A PATH OF ACTION THEY BELIEVE. MAY REACH THAT CONCLUSION. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS. OUT. ANYTHING WE CAN DO ESPECIALLY IN. THIS FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED. ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE MAKE OUR. LETHALITY MORE EFFECTIVE AND. MORE EFFICIENT IS THE END STATE. WE NEED.

>> John: ADMIRAL, ALWAYS GREAT. TO CATCH UP WITH YOU. IT'S DARK WHERE YOU ARE. I ASSUME YOU ARE OVERSEAS. HOPE TO SEE YOU STATESIDE AGAIN. SOON. >> THANKS, JOHN. >> Sandra: PRESIDENT TRUMP. HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH. HIS PLAN TO BRING DOWN GAS. PRICES. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT IS. HEHERE TO EXPLAIN HOW HE'S GOING. TO DO IT. >> John: PLUS REACTION FROM. LARRY KUDLOW AS NEW GOVERNMENT.