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Tactical matter in terms of how something like this would go, is it plausible that the president is first informed of casualty estimates that close to the actual commission of the strike? >> no. the whole thing here is very strange. i think the first thing the military is going to tell the president is probably a range of options on targets. theres always a battle damage estimate, meaning what we think the casualty toll will be in a strike package. so that would have been initially briefed. what...

Behavior in the region and designed to change how iran treats its own people. that has got to be our strategic focus. they are trying to take us off that focus, disrupting the oil flow through the channel. im not convinced the drone that was shot down with something national leadership wanted. it is evidence they were not aware that was going to take place. clearly -- >> the president saying i dont know if it was intentional. >> it may have been that. s decision not to strike was largely based o...

Right. >> these are proxies all over the region if not the world. we are talking even in south america. >> and if john bolton wasnt sure, he should have read peter bakers piece because it says mr. trump has always been a commander in chief of contradictions. hes h hes had adopted modified version of speak loudly and carry a big stick or wave it around without using it much. im not sure, well never know the answer, im not sure he ever wanted to order this stwrik. he certainly wanted the iranians ...

Said, he should come to congress and say, here is what happened, here is how should we should be responding to that. >> shannon: let me quickly read, i will read a tweet that comes from a colleague of yours, congresswoman alano marco my democrat freshman. she says "just as in iraq, address aggressors are using illegitimate. tact to drum the beats of war. the media is taking these claims at face value. children will die, and the world will be less safe, no war with iran." final word to you as a v...

The significance of the president giving that detail why we are not hitting that military target, the means as you told me about this week yesterday as the story was breaking, not hitting the means that took down our drones? >> they were clearly going after the means from what i understand, batteries, radar sights and command and control to take care of those. and the estimate of 150 casualties, i think what he was going through in his mind was unmanned drone vs. 150 casualties as a tradeoff, it...

The table, he should come to congress and this is how we should be responding to that. shannon: i want to read a tweet from a colleague of yours, congresswoman ilhan omar said aggressors are using this pretext to beat the drums of war. the media is taking these claims at face value, just as in iraq children will are, american allies we lost in the world will be less safe. no war with iran. final word to you as a veteran of the iraq war. >> nancy pelosi acknowledged today in the press that this...

That republican presidents will be too hawkish. so the obama administration suffered when swing voters thought they were too weak. trump stands to benefit if they think he is cautious. he worries about swing voter republicans and also jacksonians in his base who have an isolationist strength. i think this may have helped him with both groups. >> i think in isolation youre right. i think what doesnt help him is to look so erratic. and undisciplined. >> and so what are the unintended consequences....

The trump administration right now, taking it at face value, that they are looking at various options. medium-sized and small. the calculation that they are going to, certainly, is likely to respond to some degree here, based on what has taken place, and the calculation and judgment they will be doing is we want to get irans attention, and we want to be able to shutdown this aggressive activity. >> harris: general, im going to step in here for a second if you will allow me. the president is talk...

Claiming at adversaries of ours has done things when its come to light they hadnt. in this case, odds are iran did this. this administration cant have its word taken at face value, that undermines our national security. >> the president is about to go to a g-20. the europeans have been suspicious of his intentions. hes going to be meeting with the chinese leader as well. this is a very important moment, a moment of opportunity. but youve got john bolton, a real hard liner on iran and mike pompeo...

Blame iran for the tanker attacks. this morning the chairman of the house intelligence committee said the evidence is solid. here he is. >> theres no question that iran is behind the attacks. i think the evidence is strong and compelling. the problem is that we are struggling even in the midst of this solid evidence to persuade our allies to join us in any kind of a response. it shows just how isolated the yiet has become. our allies warned the united states. i think our i tell jens agencies war...