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Assets, general mckenzie believes some of that had a deterrent value, but there's still a very real threat that exists in iraq. and that is specifically from these shia militia groups that have been in the country for some time. but it seems as if they've gotten some kind of a notice back in iran, activating them to attack americans. general mckenzie made it very clear he does not see that threat having diminished t all. >> so we heard what the general said. he said the threat from iran and its proxies are really real. but some people would push back and say, the threat from iran has been real...

Escalated up. like i said, i can't underscore. sending a carrier into the region, you know, we, the united states, had a carrier presence in the persian gulf and often what they called a 2.0 presence. two carrier strike groups in the gulf and into the gulf of omen for years and that was a deterrent to iran at times when tensions were high. 2009, 2012. other times when there were the concerns about some potential miscalculation. the carrier, they sent it in as a deterrent value. the sense that i'm getting is that neither side wants a war at this point, but both sides are willing to continue to ...

Covering the military for nearly 15 years. and in that time i have heard over and over from the u.s. military about how critical these are to readiness and to what they call inter operability. the u.s. and the south korean and other allied nations being able to work together, you know, know how their equipment works together and to be able to train and whatnot all at once. but these clearly also were and have been a show to north korea and in some ways to china, they act as a deterrent value. in the story -- in our story we talk about how one of the concerns from the u.s. has historically been...

Long lasting remains to be seen. russian tactics are evolving and some analysts are skeptical of the deterrent value of the russian troll factory or on putin. me your thoughts on that. >> they're right to a certain extent. by shutting down the access just on election day, they have sort of monitored or missed the ball because where the ira has really proven effective has been in influenced warfare operations where they have been tearing out and launching millions of bots and going after particular themes and enemies on the internet and making it appear that they are legitimate american citizen...

We're not there yet. he's presumed innocent. the fact is there's a long way to go. but you have to remember the deterrent value of this. this is something that is going to be taken seriously by prosecutors, by the judge. this got into our national discourse. we are in a time where, you know, there's assailing immigrants coming out of washington, d.c. there are people wearing blackface in virginia. there's so much in our dialogue nationally, this is not something we needed. you don't want to set a precedent where you want to encourage people to file false reports. prosecutors and judges, when t...