just about preventing illegal immigrants. the amount of drugs that i.c.e. agent scenes, just last year, 900 children, shannon, rescued from human traffickers. we got to do something. shannon: what do you think is the impact on the 2020 reelection run if this doesn t happen? i think he s walking on thin ice. all of us are. we get what we deserve when we don t do what we say we were going to do. and this is a major issue that the president ran on that the american people massively god behind him on, and this is something we just have to deliver. then daniel is the time. if we think that nancy pelosi is going to have that that is not there plans, just the opposite, going to do everything to prevent it from occurring. we got to get it done right now. but if you re going to go as far as that, you have to have an exit strategy.
mattis as a kind of combination soldier scholar in the modern woshld. are you concerned that this kind of thing will hasten his retreat? i think so. and by the way, it s not just secretary mattis. somehow he has managed to recruit and get through the trump white house as well as approved by the senate a remarkable team of civilians in the pentagon. the severning secretary, deputy secretary of defense, these are really solid folks. i don t think secretary mattis will ever quit. and probably mr. trump is leery of firing him. he s a four-star marine with iconic status. and not just in the arnold forces but in the country. deservedly so. i d add to this, brian, i listened to a rant by a distinguished earlier today talking about hawks and stupid wars in the middle east and endless wars, basically supporting the trump argument. i think the worst thing we ever came up with was exit strategy.
secretary mattis. somehow he has managed to recruit and get through the trump white house as well as approved by the senate, a remarkable team of civilians in the pentagon. the serving secretary, deputy secretary of defense, these are really solid folks. i don t think secretary mattis will ever quit. and probably mr. trump is leery of firing him. he s a four-star marine with iconic status. and not just in the armed forces but in the country. deservedly so. i d add to this, brian, i listened to a rant by a distinguished journalist earlier today talking about hawks and stupid wars in the middle east and endless wars, basically supporting the trump argument. i think the worst thing we ever came up with was exit strategy. we re still in germany, japan, south korea because it fits our long-term security interests and because we think we re helping keep the peace.
distinguished earlier today talking about hawks and stupid wars in the middle east and endless wars, basically supporting the trump argument. i think the worst thing we ever came up with was exit strategy. we re still in germany, japan, south korea because it fits our long-term security interests and because we think we re helping keep the peace. so you know, afghanistan s a distressing situation. that s not going the right direction. but iraq and syria we ve actually done extremely well. pulling abruptly out, leaving our allies, the kurds by the way, the french and the brits have been in there with us also. is simply appalling, impulsive bad judgment. two men who know what they re talking about and have sacrificed a lot for their country. colonel jack jacobs, general barry mccaffrey. gentlemen, as always, thank you. and coming up for us, are signals being sent to particular russians in regard to sanctions? that discussion when we come right back. ons? that discussion when we come
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