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Of this, this is not the first strike on the saudi infrastructure. this is part of a war that has been ongoing since mohamed bin salman became prince against the houthis in yemen that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, famine that puts millions of lives at risk. when we were at the end of the obama administration, what were we trying to do? we had an iran deal in effect to provide a foundation of diplomacy with iran. we went to the saudis and urged them to open a channel with ...

>> exactly. so the way people need to think of this, this is not the first strike on the saudi infrastructure. this is part of a war that has been ongoing since mohamed bin salman became prince against the houthis in yemen that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, famine that puts millions of lives at risk. when we were at the end of the obama administration, what were we trying to do? we had an iran deal in effect to provide a foundation of diplomacy with iran. we went to the s...

You put that in the context of the president having pulled back on a military response to iran shoot down of a drone some weeks ago, where the president pulled back minutes before that attack, whats your read of that and where does that put the threat or credibility of a threat of a military response to this attack? >> yeah. any time something like this happens the military will have some contingency plans already in place that says if theres an attack, you know, maybe not specifically to this p...

But it is locked in a proxy war with saudi arabia. the iranian president hasan row rowani is slamming the united states for their part. >> the americans are supporting the uae and saudi arabia. they are transferring weapons. they are providing intelligence and part of the war operations is being run by the americans and we see that every day innocent people are killed in yemen. there is an ongoing insecurity to the region. >> regardless of whos to blame, the strikes have crippled the saudi oil i...

This. the president said locked and loaded and the president pulled back from a military response when iran shot down a u.s. drone explicitly, right? >> locked and loaded is more of a twitter response. i think we should engage in professional diplomacy, go back to a mindset that will guarantee us some kind of a diplomatic and peaceful solution. >> youre on the foreign affairs committee. we have heard what iran has said, and military advisors to the supreme leader about an increasing proxy war in...

Bottom line is the united states thinks military is not a proxy for us to be used to bail saudi arabia out from their bad decisions about going into this war. american interest is not -- our security is not at risk here. we do not need to get into a situation where we could get into a war that doesnt even involve us. >> harris: ive heard you say that part of the problem for the saudis that they stuck so long in that proxy war with yemen without a resolution. to note that end game is? there expos...

And situation between the united states and iran significantly deteriorated. next week at the united nations general assembly, both president trump and iranian president hassan rouhani are expected to be there. as for any suggestion that they might meet, the iranian government has said no chance. harris? >> harris: wow, that is the update. rich edson, thank you very much. im going to take that into my next conversation, retired army lieutenant colonel dana davis >> translator: . senior fellow an...

Including scores of civilians. >> secretary of state mike pompeo tweeted that iran is directly to blame and quote, there is no evidence the attacks came from yemen. a senior u.s. official telling nbc news the attacks came from the direction of tehran. while tehran is denying responsibility, here is how irans top national security official described tehrans strategy a month ago in an exclusive sit-down with nbc newss lester holt. >> how far is iran willing to go to defend its interests? >>. >> tr...

Scenario that economists have been writing about for years. >> yes. in 2006 al qaeda attempted to attack the facility, particularly to try to disrupt the economy, to try to hurt the saudi government, to try to hurt the united states. youre right, the energy infrastructure has always been the soft underbelly of the soud saudi system. i think you have the proxy war thats been going on not just between iranian proxies and saudis but in cyberspace in the maritime domain really coming to if for the f...

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