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Sunni muslim community to get their bomb to counter the persian bomb. having said that, i personally believe it wasn't a good accord. the israelis opposed it. the saudis opposed it. when you look out 15 years, it really didn't achieve any finality to it. it didn't affect the iranians' massive involvement in terrorism throughout the middle east. it didn't affect their missile development program, which is obviously a key part of a credible nuclear strike capability. so we've got sort of a shaky situation, and i think he's going to pull us out, and it's going to be real trouble in the coming yea...

The persian gulf, these days an msnbc military analyst. also meria is back with us. general, the question to you and it's a tough one because we're dealing with a lay audience come together news at the end of the day. what happened today to this deal, to this nation, what happened to our standing, perhaps, with our allies and around the world? >> well, pretty risky course of action. the president obviously is trying to apply leverage on the iranians who are causing huge maihem and mischief in iraq, syria, lebanon and now in afghanistan increasingly. this accord that secretary kerry and preside...

Conflict, nor their missile development program. now, the problem is his own secretary of defense, jim mattis said it's too late, we can't withdraw, we will never be able to reimpose the ankss. the european union won't stand with us, never mind the chinese and the russians. so it's hard to see what leverage he gets when the iranians can read "the washington post" also. >> how do you feel this affects our standing, our negotiating ability, how does it ricochet around the world and particularly to name one place, north korea? >> it makes it very difficult for the u.s. to brieng anybong else to t...

Diplomacy, more pressure on the north koreans. but they seem hell-bent, if i can say that, on moving forward with this missile development program, with their nuclear program. because as we've said time and time again this morning, they see this as the key to their survival, as the key to their existence, having this deterrent as a deterrent as what they see as attack by south koreans and the united states and japan. >> great summary, ron. also if you can, while we have you, there was the picture that was released by the north koreans. and a claim with a lot of ifs also that has happened withi...

Intercontin intercontinental ballistic missile, going from years to months to achieve that in their developmental program. do you think this counts as a surprise to the u.s. officials? >> well, you know, i'm not sure that we know the answer to that. what we may be seeing unveiled here for all we know in the public and the media is something that the intelligence community has been keeping secret. we just -- we just don't know, but you're right, when you look at the pieces that have been emerging in the program, they have accelerated. that's been confirm. the north koreans have accelerated thei...