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Measured terms walk away from that, de-escalate. really there are three rules. rule one is force protect when youre deployed. rule two isde-escalate. rule three is if rule two doesnt apply, crush them. lets assume rule one and rule two can work. >> very telling. general marks, thank you so much for explaining all of this to us. were also getting word right now that the white house is going to brief lawmakers very soon. well take you to capitol hill as the situation is escalating. did you know ...

>> and when he talks about sort of diplomacy, what is diplomacy for, you know, donald trump? its americas way, chiefly, until he needs others, and the question is, if youre a traditional ally of america who had been onboard the coalition that president obama put together and now you are hearing donald trump say, okay, we need you to come back in and help the situation, i guess, why would you, ultimately? >> that is -- thats a good question. general marks, why would you? >> well, weve got long hi...

That accord. since then, trump has imposed punishing sanctions, economic sanctions on iran, which the iranians call an act of economic war, and they are essentially retaliating. i do think they are responsible, in all likelihood, for these attacks on tankers in the persian gulf, and today they announced they are going to increase the amount of uranium they are producing to break out of the limits of the nuclear accord. to, donald trump is leading us into a position that a lot of people predicted...

You, ultimately? >> that is -- thats a good question. general marks, why would you? >> well, weve got long historical ties to many of those who are part of it, and if you wanted to change the deal with iran, you have a better chance of doing that from the inside as opposed to the outside. but what were confronted with now, again, should be of no surprise to any of us, that tehran is going to get frisky, and i dont know that there is direct causality between what this administration is doing toda...

War with iran and increase the chances that iran would restart their nuclear program and those risks are the ones we face right now, right hereto, today. and who knows how donald trump plans to get out of this crisis that he has created. >> general marks, lets put the video up. the photos, i should say, new photos today, more proof that iran was behind these dayiattac. do you have any doubt that iran is responsible? max says they are. >> none at all. this is clearly the act of the irgc. they hav...

Syria and in iraq. the new prime minister of iraq has admitted that. the new president of iraq, a kurd, has admitted that. these are individuals who are still looking to come forward. and truthfully some of the comments last week has given isis and other terrorist organizations a huge propaganda victory because they again have been called dead, and theyre not, and they know it. so theyre going to rise back up again. this is going to be unfortunate. i say that as a guy who has fought these organi...

Battlefield, but the idea certainly can rise like a phoenix. >> can i ask you, general marks, who is -- you know, james mattis is not there, leaving early, right? january 1st, hes gone. you know, weve been talking about adults, what have you. so if the president is in front of troops, giving these messages to people in their home, a lot of people are watching. who is -- who is in the government saying to us -- who can say to us, americans, you are safe? is there anyone left in this administratio...

Of the security risks in the region. where are we today? secretary pompeo giving a speech support, iranian voices. i have to note, the president indicated a willingness to sensor american voices here at home. president rouhani is insulting president trump and were in this verbal tit for tat. at the same time, the state department and president trump areplementing a concerted campaign that looks and smells a lot like regime change. >> excuse me. so, listen, general marks, president trumps remarks...

Secretary pompeo giving a speech support, iranian voices. i have to note, the president indicated a willingness to sensor american voices here at home. president rouhani is insulting president trump and were in this verbal tit for tat. no one knows where its going to go. at the same time, the state department and president trump are really implementing a concerted campaign that looks and smells a lot like regime change. >> excuse me. so, listen, general marks, president trumps remarks didnt seem...

Engagements at multiple levels. those continue. i think what we have is gaffes that are occurring at the very top level which are always terribly unfortunate. now we have a potential resolution in our congress to say the intelligence community, we love you -- >> we stand with you. right. >> we should completely stay away from that. the message is to our friends, look, we produce intelligence, we have work to do, we want to share that with you, we want this alliance to be tight. that happens at t...