Page 356 - Ned News Today

Week, in some cases even every year. >> yeah, i mean, the other issue here is the sort of moral substantive strategic question about taking out someones grid which seems to me an extreme escalation that i really hope that no one -- no one is considering. >> well, its an extreme escalation against a civilian target. >> right. >> this is not going after moscows nuclear arsenal. this is not going after their command and control structures. the power grid is an inherently cinch structure. >> yeah. >...

Commander in chief out of the loop as it relates to their efforts to combat russian cyber interference because they are afraid of the presidents reaction. when the president saw this reporting by "the new york times," the u.s. had escalated online attacks of russias power grid as a kind of warning to president vladimir putin of russia, trump basically flipped out, accusing "the times" of a virtual act of treason, saying the report was not true and you can practically feeling the flop sweat comin...

Which seems to me an extreme escalation that i really hope that no one -- no one is considering. >> well, its an extreme escalation against a civilian target. >> right. >> this is not going after moscows nuclear arsenal. this is not going after their command and control structures. the power grid is an inherently cinch structure. >> yeah. >> and thats the problem with cyber warfare. look, in conventional war, you respond with conventional means. in nuclear war doctrine prescribes you respond wit...

Evidence into who was behind the attacks into oil tankers traveling near the strait last week. secretary of state mike pompeo is placing the blame squarely on iran. the pentagon released this video appearing to show an iranian patrol boat removing what is said to be an unexploded mine from one of its ships. >> these were attacks by the republic of iran with the clear intent to deny transit through the strait. there is no doubt. the intelligence committee has lots of data and evidence. the world ...

Quite a bit of attention to detail. some might view it as devious. >> no, totally. it ties to the point i was trying to make before. he attacks the ned chairman when he says, gees, you shouldnt do that, its irresponsible. you appointed that chairman. the effect is to have powell be willing to reduce interest rates or not raise rates, probably reduce rates if the market seems to wobble a little bit. he knows what hes doing. thats what nixon did in 71 and 72. i think in a lot of issues, yes, there...

The russians stick with the deal, that the deal could survive. that it could muddle through until 2021 when we have a new president and when that president could, if iran remains in compliance, re-enter the deal and then use that deal as a baseline, as a baseline to negotiate follow on deals for things like ballistic missiles, human rights, terrorisms, all of the other challenges we face with iran today and going forward. >> all right, ned. thank you so much. ned price. you know we are on the ro...

Information, some more of this intelligence, but so far we have not seen any of those specifics. >> thank you so much. ned, lets get into this. secretary of state mike pompeo has very clearly blamed iran for the attacks on the two oil tankers last week but "the washington post" writes this. last weeks tanker attacks had laid bare a credibility problem burdening the trump administration as it faces skepticism, especially from wary u.s. allies urging maximum restraint to avoid a spiraling confront...

Commentator and radio talk show host rashad richie and ceo of american majority, ned ryun, former presidential writer for president george w. bush. so, guys, it was really, in the world of politics, one of those where were you when moments here, ned. so, what were you thinking when you watched this scene, that escalator ride four years ago? >> well, ive got to tell you, alex, for me, the moment came a few months before that. i was at cpac in d.c. february of the 2015, and i ran into don mcgahn, ...

I think the challenge is that there are a couple of intermediaries who sit around the white house are going to keep that from happening. people like john bolton, the national security adviser, mike pompeo, two individuals who have espoused regime change on iran and john bolt on saying to stop irans bomb, bomb iran. and so information getting to the president may be filtered and think that will make the chances of diplomacy successful diplomacy all the more difficult to achieve. >> that area defi...

Being an elite arm of the iranian government. so when the trump administration designated designated -- as ned pointed out -- put economic constraints on them and threatened their pocketbook they may be a rogue operation. but i think ned also pointed out, right now we dont see a way out of this. there is no off-ramp for the iranians. they will not back down. and we have cape ability and if at some point they close the straits of hormuz well take military action. and a war in the gulf will be rea...