Barry McCaffrey on Iran: ‘So Far the War Has Gone Nowhere in Achieving Our Principal Goals’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT The ballot ░░░░░░░░ this only gives them ░░░░░░░░ steeper climb back to ░░░░░░░░ General officials told The ░░░░░░░░ York Times that the ░░░░░░░░ S is sending more ░░░░░░░░ to the Middle East ░░░░░░░░ this a sign that ░░░░░░░░ U S does intend ░░░░░░░░ escalate but plans to ░░░░░░░░ the war in the ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I think so ░░░░░░░░ re pulling F 35 ░░░░░░░░ out of the U ░░░░░░░░ and F 16s out ░░░░░░░░ Europe to send them ░░░░░░░░ the gulf probably beat ░░░░░░░░ down in Jordan and ░░░░░░░░ A lot of our ░░░░░░░░ allies are getting leery ░░░░░░░░ hosting U S power ░░░░░░░░ might add But let ░░░░░░░░ add something Stephanie Look ░░░░░░░░ war on terror We ░░░░░░░░ 60 000 killed and ░░░░░░░░ so we re not ░░░░░░░░ forced out of the ░░░░░░░░ by casualties a couple ░░░░░░░░ wounded so far 17 ░░░░░░░░ killed in action That ░░░░░░░░ not going to break ░░░░░░░░ The problem is what ░░░░░░░░ what end can we ░░░░░░░░ military power to open ░░░░░░░░ straits And our only ░░░░░░░░ objective which was to ░░░░░░░░ our hands on 10 ░░░░░░░░ of fissile material and ░░░░░░░░ get international arms control ░░░░░░░░ on the ground to ░░░░░░░░ the Iranians from going ░░░░░░░░ So so far the ░░░░░░░░ has gone nowhere in ░░░░░░░░ our principal principal goals ░░░░░░░░ doesn t look as ░░░░░░░░ air power can even ░░░░░░░░ on its own or ░░░░░░░░ U S Navy open ░░░░░░░░ gulf So was he ░░░░░░░░ to do diplomacy is ░░░░░░░░ to be the only ░░░░░░░░ and I m not ░░░░░░░░ what else he can ░░░░░░░░ in the in the ░░░░░░░░ the towel on because ░░░░░░░░ the memorandum of understanding ░░░░░░░░ have been enough for ░░░░░░░░ Iranians to embrace it ░░░░░░░░ now I think they ░░░░░░░░ rubbing the president s ░░░░░░░░ in his ineffective strategic ░░░░░░░░ And by the way ░░░░░░░░ is no support in ░░░░░░░░ for this war There ░░░░░░░░ no support among the ░░░░░░░░ There s really no ░░░░░░░░ among our allies So ░░░░░░░░ s a very