This shows China has BLOOD on its HANDS, says retired US Navy commander

. SANDRA, BACK TO YOU. >> Sandra: STEVE HARRIGAN LIVE. OUT OF TEL AVIV. >> John: PRESIDENT TRUMP. RESPONDING TO REPORTS THAT CHINA. HAS OFFERED DEADLY SUPPORT TO. IRAN. WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS. SATELLITE IMAGES FROM BEIJING. WERE USED IN TEHRAN'S ATTACK ON. U.S. BASE IN JORDAN THAT KILLED. THREE AMERICAN TROOPS. LET'S BRING IN RETIRED NAVY. COMMANDER, FORMER COMMANDING. OFFICER OF THE USS COLE. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. HERE'S WHAT THE WALL STREET.

JOURNAL WROTE. THEY SAID "BEFORE IRAN CARRIED. OUT ITS ATTACK THAT KILLED THREE. U.S. TROOPS IN JULY TEHRAN. ACQUIRED HIGH RESOLUTION. SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE BASE IN. JORDAN FROM CHINESE ENTITIES. ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS. FAMILIAR WITH THE TALES AND THE. INCIDENT IT'S THE CLEAREST. EVIDENCE SO FAR CHINESE SUPPORT. FOR IRAN DURING THE WAR HAS HAD. LETHAL CONSEQUENCES FOR U.S. FORCES. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT WOULD. SEEM TO BE SERIOUS TRANSGRESSION. ON CHINA'S PART.

>> JOHN COMMENT MORE THAN A. TRANSGRESSION. IT SHOWS THAT CHINA HAS GOT. BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS WHEN IT. COMES TO THEM DIRECTLY. SUPPORTING THE NUMBER ONE STATE. SPONSOR OF TERRORISM WHO HAS. KILLED HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS. OVER THE YEARS AND NOW THEY ARE. TARGETING THE AMERICANS IN. JORDAN AND RESULTED IN THREE. SERVICE MEMBER DEATHS. WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME PAST FAILED. PRESIDENTS DEALING WITH IRAN. IT ALLOWED THAT THREAT TO. METASTASIZE TO A POINT THAT WE. ARE DEALING WITH A COUNTRY. PURSUING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HERE YOU HAVE CHINA PART OF THE.

RESISTANCE, PART OF THE AXIS OF. RESISTANCE, WORKING WITH IRAN. TARGETING U.S. FORCES. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM. CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL THE. UNITED STATES STARTS DRAWING THE. LINE AND HOPEFULLY. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DO THAT. COME THE 25 SEPTEMBER MEETING HE. HAS WITH PRESIDENT XI. >> John: WE SHALL SEE BUT IN. THE MEANTIME THE PRESIDENT SEEMS. TO BE DOWNPLAYING CHINA'S. INVOLVEMENT THERE THIS IS WHAT. HE SAID ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE. >> RECENTLY REPORTED THAT. CHINESE ENTITIES MAY HAVE.

PROVIDED THE IRANIANS WITH. SATELLITE IMAGERY OF THE AIR. BASES. >> WE DO. THEY BASICALLY DO WHAT WE DO. I WOULD SAY I THINK HE'S BEHAVED. REASONABLY WELL. AND WE BEHAVED REASONABLY WELL. YOU KNOW THEY SAY CHINA SPIES AT. US. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE SPY ON THEM TOO. >> John: OBVIOUSLY WE SPY ON. CHINA AND THEY SPY ON US BUT. PROVIDING TARGETING DATA TO AN. ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD.

SEEM TO BE A MOVE THAT THE. PRESIDENT SHOULD BE VERY. CONCERNED ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT TO DERAIL. THE SUMMIT COMING UP AT THE END. OF THE MONTH. >> HE MAY NOT WANT TO DERAIL IT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'VE. LIVED THROUGH THE CONSEQUENCES. OF TWO PRESIDENTS, CLINTON AND. BUSH, WHO DOWNPLAYED THE THREAT. OF AL QAEDA AFTER KILLING SEVEN. TIMES OF MY SAILORS -- 17 OF MY. SAILORS ON THE USS COLE. WE SAW WITH THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY. OF THE ATTACKS ON 9/11.

DOWNPLAYING CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT. AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR. POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IS THE. WRONG SIGNAL TO BE SENDING. CHINA IS PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW. THE UNITED STATES IS DEALING. WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE. STRAIT OF BAB EL MANDEB AT THE. OTHER END OF THE RED SEA. WHAT THE OTHER ALLIES IN THE. REGION ARE DOING BECAUSE THEY. LOOK AT THE MILITARIZATION OF. VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. CHINA SEA AND THAT'S A SIGNAL WE. DON'T WANT TO BE SENDING THERE. WE NEED TO BE DRAWING THE LINE. WITH CHINA AND TELL THEM DO NOT. ENGAGE. DO NOT BE INVOLVED.

YOU NEED TO DECOUPLE YOURSELF. FROM IRAN BECAUSE THE. CONSEQUENCES OVER TIME KABUL. UNITED STATES IS GOING TO NOT. ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE TO GROW. WHERE CHINA CAN THREATEN THE. WORLD TRADE. >> John: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS. HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT. APPARENTLY TEN DAYS AGO A. CHINESE RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE. SIMPLY DISINTEGRATED IN SPACE. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WHEN THE. PRESIDENT GETS TOGETHER WITH XI, HE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME. DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH. HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK HE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE.

ISSUE THAT'S FAIRLY ACCURATE. BOTH IN THE NEWS AND THROUGH. SOURCES I'VE HEARD. THOSE 400 ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES. THAT CHINA HAS SUPPOSEDLY GIVEN. IRAN TO PROTECT SOME OF THEIR. FACILITIES LIKE PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. AND OTHERS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT. THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING THIS. LEVEL OF TARGETING DATA BUT YOU. NEED TO REMEMBER THAT VIRTUALLY. EVERY IRANIAN DRONE THAT FLIES. TODAY FLIES WITH THE CHINESE. MADE ENGINE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU. LOOK AT WHAT RUSSIA AND. ESPECIALLY CHINA ARE PROVIDING.

TO IRAN, IT IS BOGGING US DOWN. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO HAVE. SOME OF OUR ALLIES IN THE MIDDLE. EAST STEP UP. THE SAUDIS CLEARLY AREN'T DOING. ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING. ON THE HOUTHI REBELS AND DOING. WHAT THEY NEED. SAUDI ARABIA NEEDS TO BLEED FOR. THEIR OWN NATIONAL SECURITY. INTERESTS THEY NEED TO BACK UP. THE YEMENI FORCES AND TAKE IT. ON. >> John: JUST ON THE SUBJECT. OF THE MANPADS WE SAW HOW. EFFECTIVE THEY CAN BE. THEY TOOK DOWN THE F15 IN THE. SPRING AND SAW THAT 60 MINUTES. PIECE LAST NIGHT.

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