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Talk to us about -- it was expeditious, certainly. when will we know the true effectiveness of it? >> we may never know it, christi. i call it remarkable because it is an example of how far we have come in the last 20 years and, really, the last 30 years, when it comes to this kind of technology and capabilities. this is the realization of what president biden calls the over-the-horizon strategy. what is that strategy amounts to standoff weapons, but standoff intelligence sources. so its the mes...

Taiwan still keen on acquiring JASSMs from the US 20 April 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez An official from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on 19 April that Taipei is still keen on acquiring AGM-158-series Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSMs) from the United States. Li Shih-Chiang, director of the MND’s Department of Strategic Planning, was quoted by the Taiwan News website as saying during a session of the Judiciary and Organic Laws’ parliamentary committee that a ...

>> i think theres a real possibility especially for use our standoff weapons. thats about 100 european made fighters, and the iranians had jumped, and this could be a punch in the face. it doesnt need to look anything like iraq or afghanistan. so if the markets are worried about iran, they have a funny way of showing it. its about 130 points off the low. by the way oil prices are also finishing a day higher. so what would get wall street worried? you know we were stuck in a change, and it feels ...

Theyve got to act. i dont believe theyre going to cave in public to u.s. demands. so were in a position where saudi arabia, youre right, just suffered the equivalent of a pearl harbor attack, knocked out half their production with a fairly cheap, modest cruise missile rvp attack on them. where is it all going to go? the republican revolutionary guard may want war. they may think the confrontation is worth it. so were in a difficult situation. the u.s. fifth fleet, u.s. navy, and u.s. air force a...

It. no particular risk to u.s. forces. we have a standoff weapons of the kind used last time. as the israeli attack illustrates, there are military targets in syria that are open and vulnerable to u.s. attack. he can inflict some damage on the syrian regime. it depends on how he chooses to do it and how expensive it is. >> bret: we should note that today is the first day of the new national security advisor, john bolton. what a first day. >> indeed. as bolton has said, his job is for the preside...

We can seriously dent and damage his air force with standoff weapons, from submarines, ships, aircraft. we have a very small footprint on the ground, about 2,000 soldiers in the eastern part of syria, they should be far enough away from any of these targets. keep in mind the russians would not dare enact any type of retribution on those soldiers. we do have to be careful there. >> harris: quickly before i let you go, this is really key. there have been other ways people have killed in terms of f...

Question. this is an essential test for john bolton and it will also be a test for mike pompeo at his confirmation hearings this thursday. hes now going to be asked about this. this will be one of the central issues. there is a coalition we can pull together. it s the sunni arab states, we represent many of their interests in syria. its the united kingdom and france. the united kingdom has standoff weapons so they could be involved in the attack but it has to be much larger than that. it has to ...

This is some current grumbling that says what about our refugee policy and also what about a broader policy for syria? this bombing raid alone is not a policy. >> bill: of course is not a policy. i dont think trump is going to do regime change. >> and i dont see any reason why he is obligated to. what he did here was to say mister, you committed a hideous atrocity and were going to make you pay for it. >> bill: we dont want you to do war crimes and this is a noble nation and were not going to st...

Were told there are 59. they hit a syrian air base, which is near the syrian city of homs. the president said in a recorded message tonight from his golf resort at mar-a-lago that that is the air base from which syrian military aircraft took off when they dropped bombs that are believed to have been carrying chemical munitions on civilian neighborhoods on tuesday of this week. again, the death toll for that attack is considered to be north of 70 people, dozens of children among those killed in t...

Administration wants to continue to target terrorists in yemen, even though as peter says, there are no more u.s. troops in yemen, no more u.s. embassy in yemen. >> but remember, there are some places around the world where weve been extremely effective with standoff weapons. that is drones when we dont have a significant presence. think the travel areas of pakistan near afghanistan. think somalia. two places we dont have embassies. two places we dont have forces in place. and i think drones hav...