Now. Following the u. S. Strike last week that killed irans top military commander. Retired fourstar general in the fox news senior, strategic and its good to see you again general. You have said that the events of the last week and up to a strategic victory for the u. S. How so. Varied significantly. Think its a big one for the president. Because by killing him and he clearly got in the head was a Supreme Leader of iran. They have never had an action against them of that magnitude and that significance that so impacts how they are conducting their Foreign Policy and the foreign wars and also how they deal with their own people because the solomon he was very much in charge of putting down the protest movements in side of ron. So with the president accomplished and many of his people had no appreciation for what was really taking place, is the Supreme Leader deescalate it in he was fundamentally determined by the president s actions. He calculated that i will do something in return for saul monies death is largely symbiotic. In my own audience but i dont want to conduct a massive attack werent guaranteed to kill americans. And why did he want to do that. Paul nesaquake key question for you presumably have enough targeting expertise to have been able to do more damage of they wanted to. Yes they could shut down moves that wouldve caused some real problems they couldve targeted major u. S. Ground bases airbases, and databases will be in the region. Gen. Jack we have significantly large scale u. S. Spaces and the patriot missiles, defending the spaces they could defeat those. The advanced cruise missiles that the use on the saudi field penetrated on the radar of those patriot missiles. Paul why did they blank. Gen. Jack they blinked because they knew the President Trump is he person on this work and very different president and with it dealt with 40 years here. And they knew that the retaliation from the United States wouldbe significance. In one my talking about here. They were taken down all of the eight refineries that the iranians have. They were taking down largely their entire industrial base. The nara flames etc. And then, there Strategic Deterrence to protect the Iranian Regime, is built around short range mediumrange Ballistic Missiles and cruise missiles. Paul we could take those out pretty speech of weekend taken them all out in one night. And they know that. That wouldve been the beginning of the end of the regime. And there was an accurate calculation i think of the Committee News part. Paul so lets go back to the United States. Do you think the president was wise that in the wake up the response from her on the did not killing americans. In the president was he wise to restrain his response and to deescalate along with that. Gen. Jack i was absolutely the president s dfinest moments as president of the United States. Clearly they were trying to kill americans. Americans couldve beenn killed. In the insignificant strike and certainly had the authority to take out a launch site and the the rest of it. But he got on a moral high ground. Any told an on going you for what youve done. But also offering you a diplomatic solution. And that i think, was absolutely the right call. Anything he also has an opportunity here to reach out to pethe your pms as he stated in e speech and to nato, to further isolate their iranians to help bring them to the negotiating table. Paul do youia think that the iranian response to the military response retaliatory responses, is it done or do you expect to see some acts of terror or strikes via proxies in the future. Gen. Jack keane but they have limited actions. The president s, iranians as well as proxies, you are not going to kill americans if you do, im going to retaliate. So that immediately begins at something. Now these proxies, they are not homogeneous. Some ofot them commanders, they have a lot of energy and emotion associated with them in the me launch rockets from time to time. Paul thanked in their own that went out approval from tehran. A. Gen. Jack keane even though iran says knock it off the take somee action. But it will be significant action in my judgment. They can tell the lebanon and hamas in israel but is from the house how to deal with that. This really is by the way it contained the 80000 proxies in the southern syria from establishing missile bases whicf is what you want to do by conducting airstrikes. Will contending their iranians in Eastern Syria by not loving them have access to the oil fields. So there are things they can interrupt the flow again and they can knock out some productions. So they have limited action but i think the most significant action, is going to be political. Paul only ask about that. We dont have a lot of time to would i ask you, is there anything or any chance that the iranians could come to the table and negotiate over the nuclear deal. Gen. Jack keane it is hard for me to see that taken place. Would they have in their minds, certainty of President Trump news reelection. I think thats a big card to them. So dont see Much Movement unless it becomes obvious the President Trump will be reelected. The political move i think you going to make his bribe cores and intimidate theirfo iraqis. Of course United States rock predict that there able to achieve that, but be a big political victory for the Iranian Regime for sure. Paul thats a good argument for the United States produceel a sting. So thank you general this very helpful. Would we come back, foreign rpolicy Takes Center Stage in te 2020 president ial race. Its a showdown with ron and shine the live on the 2020 democrats in their own commanderinchief credential. 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Dan heninger and columnist kim stressful. And billiter. So danny look across all week, hello do you think President Trump handled this pretty i think he handled it really quite well. Lets make no best day. Killing some money was an event of an incredible magnitude. It was the biggest thing in the Foreign Policy is been negotiating with north korea, talking to chinese and this trumped everything. Is the biggest decision that is ever made in the presidency so far. Yes, i think so in the response, of his critics and the democrats was extraordinary. It normally 24 hour grace. For an american president would did they do Something Like this. Bipartisan ship rain friday. But not this time. The carpet was overwhelmingly against the president. Normally when he attacked donald trump, you get to attacked back but in this incident, he didnt do that. Eventually made the statement to the market people and he was restrained and he is and asked for sanctions on the iranians. And has brought engaged in a titfortat. His critics on this. And so, president ial act, the moment he is looking very president ial. You have to say, a lot of the criticism is looking by the democrats, looking uninformed and in rhetorical. He won the democrats clearly want to around against the president. Somebody was really impulsive, reckless, looks for a war. I guess, do this image encounter that in your view. Ouhe had a couple of tweets durg the week which suggested the critics took after it and wanting to attack cultural sites in iran. If they were to retaliate. This went donald trump, theres always an odd noise behind them. In the democrats seem to obsess over the things that dont really matter to much. Another heckling over the word imminent. If this guy was a threat Walking Around america. So i think that the president has one really given a brent something to about. In strategic terms of the strike and also its not just what the president or the democrat response seem to be blaming america for the ukrainian airliner going down. It seems to make them want to look weak. Back to the blame america first. In the big problem is democrats have is trump is really stolen their Foreign Policy. A human against the long war involvement but staying that on the flipside, is going to be tough. This would obama try to do in the beginning with the afghan search. But he announced with a aaw dral day he and nasas surgeon that he never did. Hes actually doing it. And if its a contest. None of those four contractors were killed in iraq on the bridge we didnt do anything. Now theres an americanca live e he says theyre going to be consequences. Paul i think this is going to play kim inside of the president ial contest. We had joe biden come out as we should very forcefully. Criticizing the president and the strategy and that in advance of the iranian retaliation of i the president ial restraint. In response to that. How is this going to affect that debate. Let biden statement was an example of how it is already affecting that debate. Joe biden missed an opportunity here topp consult look president ial what he couldve done is commanded say, this guy it was bad. Yes the president was right to itake him out. Have some questions about its overall strategy in the region because that is still a bit unclear and its a fair question. In a do that because he was being pushed through to the left on Foreign Policy. By the progressives in the part of the party. And you are staying that on domestic issues but now, were having the Foreign Policy debate, you are staying it on Foreign Policy issues is it too. It is led by Bernie Sanders and elisabeth warren. Theyre staying basically there is no reason why we would ever engage against the terrorists. Very much the kind of Peace Coalition within the party. But it simply pressure on the candidates like biden. And i think that that undermines democrats reputation among voters. In terms of Foreign Policy. I think thats precisely the reason. Its not just to inoculate himself against pretty. One of the problems for joe biden and amy cozart to moderate candidates running, is that in all of these primaries now, since 2016 of the rise of Bernie Sanders, so just bernie, safeco youve got younger democrats and basically agree with Bernie Sanders. Socialist pessimists, and at the biden kosher having a difficult time gauging how substantial they are for the presence are in iowa and New HampshireSouth Carolina. Super tuesday. Twenty center they have to mollify them at the risk of if they dont do that, getting hurt in the primary. It is a very difficult choice for them but at some. God to show more clarity about where they stand i think will four voters generally. Explained get the at your. Someone who bernie. I think because of the weight biden handled it in but a judge, this would help o bernie. I think this was killed conclusion about his part. I dont think even would the antiwar quote. I think you are right. In primaries, his looking at South Carolina please look at iowa and New Hampshire. Pretty simple doing that. All bernie is going to say is joe you voted for iraq. When he shouldve done is liquidity commanderinchief. He could still criticize the bush strategy thats laid out but say that is going good day would we get guys this killing americans. Thank you all we why not, democrats on capitol hill. Criticism of President Trump news order of the killing some money. One of their former colleagues says and more bipartisan support. Joe lieberman joins us next. You got a chance to take mastermind off of the mastermind off of the battle looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year . 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Good to see you pretty we do say inservice more bipartisan support. Why. Will tamia seems, the killing of solomon he seems so eminently in the National Security interest of the United States. Everybody but now, goes to record, they can r hold responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans directly. Since over the last 15 years and thousands of others and allse of those putting democrats who deservedly are critical of an outstanding back in syria and watching more than half a Million People killed. And for the mostly in sunlight that went out hume i said never wouldve still been there. Again its a reflection im afraid of how partisan tribal our politics at home. This to me is an extreme movement and if you cant agree, it is the right thing to do fort the United States, to kill and take off the battlefield and general that is literally in war against us. Then what can we agree on thatli went out parts about. Paul is talking to me because this is he around in particular which you know going back to the revolution and 1979, Many Democrats over the years and Chuck Schumer and others have said look we have do you get tougher against iran. It was behind it and what did change now. It is it just donald trump. I really think it is in his donald trump and the increasing partisan station or partisanship that. You are absolutely right. Three years in the face of them iranian and guess aggression against us including all that they did in the training which back into iraq. And killed over 600 american soldiers by conclusion of our state department. Those the official account. People like Chuck Schumer, theyre not going to push and support economic sanctions. We didnt want to go to war against iran economic sanctions against him to squeeze on so that they would stop doing what they were doing. Why did this become a point of killing. Gen. Jack keane [qassem soleimani]. On these gotta be because its bipartisan generally because where thent mic where whatever donald trump does, whenever President Trump does, the democrats will oppose him and frankly what every. Whatever donald trump does most republicans will support. Thats irrational thinking. Particularly would it comes to our National Security. Paul if you look the Democratic Party and the changes of opinion over th