officials were expecting a strike. officials said the president had initially approved attacks on a handful of iranian targets like radar and missile batteries. the operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off a senior administration official said. planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down the official said. with me to talk about this is general barry mccaffrey, a retired u.s. army four star general, a heavily decorated combat veteran of vietnam, a u.s. ground commander in the gulf war, a veteran of that region, someone who knows it well. general, i m grateful to have you here tonight. this is a remarkable development after a day in which the president said iran has made a mistake, and then he said somebody loose and stupid committed an error, and he doesn t think it was an intentional act, and now to understand that there may have been military action underway. give me your analysis please,
u.s. ground commander in the gulf war and a veteran of that region. general, do you buy this instant u.s. accusation? do you buy the intel behind it and what, in plain english, is going on here? there s very little doubt in my own mind that this was an iranian action. probably combat swimmers or small boats affixing pretty small explosive mines to these six ships which have now been attacked. if it was a naval warfare mine or a torpedo, it would have been a catastrophic incident, so i think we ought to assume the ruv lugsary guard s maritime force carried out these attacks. they re signaling that they re desperate. the iranian economy is in terrible trouble. they ve got to get out of the box. they re going to threaten to go back to using their facilities to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. they re going to try and isolate us in europe, and to my surprise, to be honest, they re
to sort this out we re joined again tonight by general berry mccaffrey, retired u.s. army four-star, heavily decorated combat veteran of vietnam, a u.s. ground commander in the gulf war and a veteran of that region. general, do you buy this instant u.s. accusation? do you buy the intel behind it and what, in plain english, is going on here? there s very little doubt in my own mind that this was an iranian action. probably combat swimmers or small boats affixing pretty small explosive mines to these six ships which have now been attacked. if it was a naval warfare mine or a torpedo, it would have been a catastrophic incident, so i think we ought to assume the ruv lugsary guard s maritime force carried out these attacks. they re signaling that they re desperate. the iranian economy is in terrible trouble. they ve got to get out of the box. they re going to threaten to go back to using their facilities
combat veteran of vietnam, a u.s. ground commander in the gulf war and a veteran of that region. general, do you buy this instant u.s. accusation? do you buy the intel behind it and what, in plain english, is going on here? there s very little doubt in my own mind that this was an iranian action. probably combat swimmers or small boats affixing pretty small explosive mines to these six ships which have now been attacked. if it was a naval warfare mine or a torpedo, it would have been a catastrophic incident, so i think we ought to assume the revolutionary guard s maritime force carried out these attacks. they re signaling the fact that they re desperate. the iranian economy is in terrible trouble. they ve got to get out of the box. they re going to threaten to go back using their facilities to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. they re going to try and isolate us in europe, and to my
according to the department of veterans affairs, it s origins go back to 1868, just three years after the end of the civil war an organization for veterans of the union began the may tradition of decorating the graves of the fallen in tradition that was then called decoration day. the first decoration day was held that very year at what was a still small but expanding arlington national cemetery. after world war i, the tradition expanded to include those who fought in all american wars. and then in 1971 congress officially declared the last monday of the month of may now known as memorial day as a national holiday. here with us to join our discussion, the perfect participant general barry mccaffrey, heavily decorated combat veteran of vietnam and u.s. ground commander in the gulf war. general, because you have fought and been wounded for this