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Trump administration is marching the u.s. towards war. >> i think what were seeing unfortunately is what looks a lot like people in the trump administration trying to create a pretext or executio excuse foo to war against iran, a war that would undermine our national security. kristin: were going to dig into this a bit deeper by talking to the foundation for defense of democracy former treasury department terrorism finance analyst, jonathan shanzer. lets start with this intelligence. how solid d...

Striking at iranian assets primarily in syria right now. the israelis look like the strong horse with a number of others wondering whether they should be getting involved. the only caveat ill say there is youve got the saudis battling the iranians in yemen. we just pulled our support from them. it looks as if that effort is likely to fall apart so the iranians will likely emerge as the victor in yemen. paul: sounds like more mixed messages at least to me. notwithstanding the good effort by secre...

Commitment to be a force for good in the middle east. pompeo and national security advisor john bolton traveling to the region this week to reassure our allies following president trumps decision to pull some 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria. the u.s. military said friday that it had begun the withdrawal process despite mixed messages from the administration since the surprise announcement in december. jonathan shanzer is senior vice president of the foundation for defense of democrats. welcome ba...

Commitment to be a force for good in the middle east. pompeo and national security advisor john bolton traveling to the region this week to reassure our allies following president trumps decision to pull some 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria. the u.s. military said friday that it had begun the withdrawal process despite mixed messages from the administration since the surprise announcement in december. jonathan shanzer is senior vice president of the foundation for defense of democrats. welcome ba...

Striking at iranian assets primarily in syria right now. the israelis look like the strong horse with a number of others wondering whether they should be getting involved. the only caveat ill say there is youve got the saudis battling the iranians in yemen. we just pulled our support from them. it looks as if that effort is likely to fall apart so the iranians will likely emerge as the victor in yemen. paul: sounds like more mixed messages at least to me. notwithstanding the good effort by secre...

Look at the fact that weve had moments like these throughout u.s. history. weve seen sort of communist inspired terrorist attacks in the 19 teens and 20s. weve seen terrorism associated with the cuban nationalist movement in the 1950s. cad rail leftist terrorists in the 1960s and 70s. we have reached a different point where were seeing lone wolf activity and other disturbing aspects of domestic terrorism. we have had to address these at different points. sometimes theyve gone away naturally. the...

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Finally destroy them? former terrorism finance analyst at the u.s. department of treasury dr. jonathan shanzer. good evening. not only did the presidents representatives say we were part of 65 country coalition. were working to cut off isis finances. do you buy that? >> i think were doing what we can. it wont be enough. in other words, were bombing isis oil installations and trying to attack some of their funding from other outside gulf countries, for example. but what the president and the spok...

Wealthiest terrorist organization the world has ever seen. so the idea of cutting off their funding is a very difficult task. but is it the only way to finally destroy them? former terrorism finance analyst at the u.s. department of treasury dr. jonathan shanzer. good evening. not only did the presidents representatives say we were part of 65 country coalition. were working to cut off isis finances. do you buy that? >> i think were doing what we can. it wont be enough. in other words, were bombi...

A global effort is needed to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, prevent their threat and ultimately end them as a threat to the world. now we are learning that jordan is close to commissioning two nuclear reactors to be built just south of the syrian borner. we have jonathan shanzer, from the defense of democracy. nice to have you here. jordan is saying we are going to build these nuclear reactors but saying to the united states we are not going to sign any agreements that we cant enrich uraniu...