Wesley Clark: The Iranians Showed They Could Deliver the Punch

CLARK They caught it ░░░░░░░░ They ve shot down ░░░░░░░░ drone This is a ░░░░░░░░ problem and the United ░░░░░░░░ has to work this ░░░░░░░░ So the way to ░░░░░░░░ it strategically is with ░░░░░░░░ Now Iran has its ░░░░░░░░ issues in the world ░░░░░░░░ s got its foreign ░░░░░░░░ abroad It s got ░░░░░░░░ abroad It s got ░░░░░░░░ terrorist units abroad This ░░░░░░░░ where we need our ░░░░░░░░ to help us And ░░░░░░░░ re going to have ░░░░░░░░ eventually come back and ░░░░░░░░ about that Iranian nuclear ░░░░░░░░ So the U S ░░░░░░░░ was appropriate It was ░░░░░░░░ looks effective thus far ░░░░░░░░ the Iranians showed they ░░░░░░░░ deliver the punch they ░░░░░░░░ pulled back the fist ░░░░░░░░ temporarily So we have ░░░░░░░░ be strategic about this ░░░░░░░░ that s the real ░░░░░░░░ for the Trump Administration ░░░░░░░░ Well it s a ░░░░░░░░ point because in a ░░░░░░░░ of these attacks it ░░░░░░░░ Iran showing what it ░░░░░░░░ do in the event ░░░░░░░░ a larger conflict It ░░░░░░░░ threaten U S forces ░░░░░░░░ was a U S ░░░░░░░░ killed It could surround ░░░░░░░░ U S embassy threaten ░░░░░░░░ S diplomatic staff It ░░░░░░░░ threaten Saudi oil facilities ░░░░░░░░ could shoot down 110 ░░░░░░░░ U S drone It ░░░░░░░░ threaten shipping there It ░░░░░░░░ puts some bombs on ░░░░░░░░ It s flexing its ░░░░░░░░ The President has said ░░░░░░░░ there would be a ░░░░░░░░ military conflict with Iran ░░░░░░░░ would be over quickly ░░░░░░░░ would be quick and ░░░░░░░░ Is that an unrealistically ░░░░░░░░ prediction there from the ░░░░░░░░ CLARK Well it depends ░░░░░░░░ how you define over ░░░░░░░░ you go in and ░░░░░░░░ bomb some stuff in ░░░░░░░░ get in and get ░░░░░░░░ with your aircraft Sure ░░░░░░░░ could you actually change ░░░░░░░░ government put a government ░░░░░░░░ place that represents the ░░░░░░░░ groups of the Iranian ░░░░░░░░ establish peace and stability ░░░░░░░░ the region that s ░░░░░░░░ entirely different problem Iran ░░░░░░░░ a huge country it ░░░░░░░░ got a population of ░░░░░░░░ some odd million you ░░░░░░░░ t have enough U ░░░░░░░░ forces NATO forces or ░░░░░░░░ in the Western world ░░░░░░░░ be able to actually ░░░░░░░░ the country And you ░░░░░░░░ be sure that there ░░░░░░░░ be a lot of ░░░░░░░░ to any U S ░░░░░░░░ So you might pound ░░░░░░░░ into what looks like ░░░░░░░░ in a few days ░░░░░░░░ they ve got other ░░░░░░░░ to come back So ░░░░░░░░ I mean tough talk ░░░░░░░░ the war is not ░░░░░░░░ solution The President knows ░░░░░░░░ But we ve got ░░░░░░░░ have a strategy And ░░░░░░░░ problem with the strategy ░░░░░░░░ that he s President ░░░░░░░░ s on a dilemma ░░░░░░░░ he pulled out of ░░░░░░░░ Iran agreement our allies ░░░░░░░░ the Iran agreement back ░░░░░░░░ has even warned that ░░░░░░░░ Iran agreement the Iranians ░░░░░░░░ the agreement back So ░░░░░░░░ we re not going ░░░░░░░░ get if we re ░░░░░░░░ going to go to ░░░░░░░░ then what s the ░░░░░░░░ And simply breaking the ░░░░░░░░ through sanctions is not ░░░░░░░░ enough so far to ░░░░░░░░ the Iranian government to ░░░░░░░░ okay we give up ░░░░░░░░ all our interests in ░░░░░░░░ world They re not ░░░░░░░░ to do that.”