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Own national interest. we dont wait for saudi arabia to tell us what happened here, to tell us what to do. if theyre allies we shoul consulting with, it should be our nato allies, allies in europe and the security council. thats what we should be doing. >> ambassador sherman, if you were advising a president on this situation tonight, what would you be telling the president to focus on? >> i would tell him to focus on really making sure that he has a case, that we have intelligence. that we are ...

Need to make stuff up to convince me, so if the administration thinks the iranians launched the attacks, show it." is there reason to doubt irans culpability? >> look, the u.s. has with the world community a record of not sharing enough information or in the case of wmd in iraq, sharing information that later turned out to be faulty. in this case, the bar is going to be really high and world leaders are going to want to see a lot more. theres every reason to believe the central command has it. c...

From yemen and pointing fingers at around, ill go with him on that. i see plenty of reasons for central command to be wider as we sort things out and were waiting to hear from a aramco as to when they think they can put the fire out and how extensive the damages. right now the ministration is playing it cool, pointing the finger but keeping options open. arthel: you say this is a much bigger escalation. what is the proper response from the u.s. and what options would you consider? >> they will h...

Supplies from the united states, anywhere in the united states, to the central command region. the biggest one is ramstein. thats a huge airport. thats consider the c-17s refuel before they go into theater. and its typically the way its approached. so landing in a private airport anywhere, to get refueled and to put up the crews in posh hotels, smells fishy, is fishy. im sure theres much more to the story. this is an interesting story by natasha bertrand who broke it last night. but ive got to t...

>> well, yeah. it is. well, again, as you point out, john, its not directly from jim mattis himself, but it is i think consistent. jim -- and i saw this when he was commander of central command. placed a very high premium on relations with our allies. hes not one who believes that the united states can go it alone. thats why i figured that with this america first approach, that jims time as secretary of defense was limited. and i think the straw that broke the camels back was leaving syria when ...

Really heard these details before. it reads, quote, mattis matd his case for keeping troops in syria. president trump rejected his arguments. 30 minutes into the conversation, mattis told the president, youre going to have to get the next secretary of defense to lose to isis. im not going to do it. now, i should note jeffrey goldberg who wrote this piece said none of those details came from mattis himself, but still a pretty remarkable scene, no? >> well, yeah. it is. as you point out, john, its...

Headquarters where you can fly by helicopter, osprey, and then conduct these operations and have drone operations. less so across the vastness of africa. in afghanistan you need a base to jump off from. the question will be just how many troops do you need for those operations? "the post" and other newspapers sh reported a proposal to put 5,000 troops be pulled out of 14,000 total which would mean there would be fewer troops in afghanistan than at the air base in qatar. one air base that has to ...

For beijing to go into hong kong. it could be disastrous on a number of different fronts but the fact is these forces are here and giving beijing the opportunity to send in troops if they choose to do so. >> matt rivers near the border. retired general joseph o tell roins me now, the former commander of central command and oversaw all operations in the middle east until he stepped down in march. >> it is good to be here, jake. >> so a lot of people think that china is the biggest threat to the...

Called "control room" which was dissemination of information and how it affects your reality. whether you were watching al jazeera i was embedded in al jazeera and central command where you had fox and msnbc and all the other channels and depending what you were watching your whole understanding of the iraq war was completely different. and this felt like control room on steroids where two people in the same household depending on what their news feed was saying could have a completely personali...

Resources from the u.s. in the gulf right now. the european allies dont seem to be joining as willfully as they used to the kind of things that the navy, the central command used to put together when were talking about protected ships in the gulf. and its primarily because, again, the europeans dont want to be seen as supporting the u.s. maximum pressure campaign. this affects the diplomatic action, the military, the informational, and the specks and the military -- perspectives and the military...