syria 2017-18. it would look like iraq 1991 where the united states were to launch a limited war that would last a few weeks to try to sink all of iran s navy and take out all the capabilities that iran has. iran would exact a major cost in such a conflict with missiles falling on abu dhabi, riyadh. and israel responding in kind of a land invasion to lebanon if it s unable to protect itself through the use of missile defense systems alone. at that point the conflict starts to dramatically escalate. the bottom line is that it would be very bad for the united states and its regional partners. it would be worse for iran, who would have much of its military decimated but would maintain a lot of these abilities to launch proxy attacks at various facilities so you could have terrorist attacks going on for
war that would last a few weeks to try to sink all of iran s navy. let s be clear, iran would exact a major cost in such a conflict. you would have missiles falling on abu dhabi, on dubai, riyadh. you would have he is bo s polzb launching rockets. and so really at that point the conflict starts to dramatically escalate. i think the bottom line is it would be very bad for the united states and for its regional partners. it would be worse for iran who would have much of its military decimated but would maintain, i think, a lot of these abilities to launch proxy attacks at various facilities so you can have terrorist attacks going on for years of different kinds, and you would have also to have the united states stay in the region after a conflict like
capture of saddam hussein. admiral, i appreciate your time tonight, the latest reporting, of course, the trump administration getting ready to send more troops to the middle east. are you concerned about what seems to be a quick escalation in this currently war of words with iran? thanks. good to be with you. i m not as concerned as a lot of others seem to be. the fact of the matter is we have been dealing with iran for decades and these sort of proxy attacks or attacks we have seen them before. you go back to the late 80s where we have tanker wars, mining of the straits and the military certainly u.s. navy knows how to deal with these kind of attacks by the iranians. so we ll make sure that if something like this happens that we have a measured response. i know secretary pompeo and secretary shanahan have been looking at those sorts of responses. so given that, i think it is
iranians learned the u.s. will respond weakly to proxy attacks. look what happened in beirut in the 80 most importantly. we withdrew forces. look what happened when over 500 americans were killed by iranian projectiles through its militias in iraq. we basically responded by dealing with the militias, not by iran itself. i think what came across loud and clear is that we are going to deter war by showing strength. iranians are emboldened by weakness and deferred by strength. the united states is showing strength and that s the right policy. boomer: i want you to listen to senator blumenthal. he has strong feelings about this. i want to get your take on it. watch. the amf provides no sufficient legal foundation or basis for military activity with iran. and president needs to come to