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Militia group. that group does have links directly to tehran. there are reports that this is the group responsible for a rocket attack at an iraqi base on friday that left one american contractor killed and four injured u.s. service members. according to the department of defense, two strikes took place in syria, three in iraq, targeting command locations and weapons facilities. reports from the ground do indicate there were casualties, and there are iraqis today in former leadership positions t...

Deal with iran. british prime minister theresa may attended the summit and expressed no need for diplomacy. >> we need engagement and to counter irans destabilizing activity. at the same time, the uk will continue to work with our jcpoa partners to do all we can to keep the iran nuclear deal in place. >> its been almost 2 weeks since the last iranian proxy attacks in the gulf, action taken place in the past few months in the region could be opportunity for diplomatic channels to get working and ...

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 irans 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 its unable to protect itself through the use of missile defense systems alone. at that point the conflict starts to dramatically escalate...

War that would last a few weeks to try to sink all of irans navy. lets 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 bos 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 wou...

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. im 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 befor...

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 ...