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Don't have as much information as the congressman or the general but i believe there is a credible threat from iran and it is appropriate for us to move these ships into the gulf and other forces to prepare for iran and deter iran. there is a real threat. this is what iran does. when is unhappy with something the us does it engages in retaliation but doesn't retaliate head on. it uses its proxy forces and engages in terrorism and other things to strike civilian targets. one of our targets are personnel in iraq. we saw this in baghdad. as the news article you referred to earlier suggests if you...

Proxy forces, iranian-backed forces that both bill and ali were talking about that this country is surrounded by those kind of forces not least hezbollah in lebanon which has 130,000 estimated rockets able to fire into israel and defeat israel's rocket defenses. so this game of brinksmanship is very real for the israelis and at the same time, the israeli government benjamin netanyahu is a catalyst for what is happening because as the israeli government sees it and members. >> president trump's administration, you have to stand up to the iranians because eventually, the threats that are made wi...

Southwestern iran was attacked. this video coming in to cnn just minutes ago. [ gunfire ] >> a governor there told local media that terrorists disguised themselves as islamic revolutionary guard members. a military spokesman says that the attackers were connected to a saudi arabian terror group. secretary of state mike pompeo has a warning for iran saying the country will be held accountable for any attacks on u.s. forces even by proxy forces. he sat down with cnn's elise labbot. >> we have told the islamic republic of iran that using a proxy force to attack an american interest will not pre...

Regime that could only serve to under cut our work for the american people and told them to wait out the trump administration. >> and yesterday he responded to the bill maher show. >> it's the first president i know of who spends more time reading his twitter likes than his briefing books or the constitution of the nights. >> kerry also responded to the president's tweet with one of his own, saying he should be more worried about paul manafort than his meeting with the iranians and he included a plug for his book. it's not a twitter battle, but potentially one. and accused of launching rockets...

>> i will note the double standard is all too common in this chamber and working overtime today. last week iranian forces attacked small positions -- sorry, last week iranian forces attacked israeli positions on the golan heights by launching rockets from syria. this was a reckless provocation and escalation that must be stopped. it is an example of regional violence that should occupy our attention here in the security council. also last week, iranian proxy forces in yemen launched missiles into saudi arabia. it was not the first time they have done it. this, too, is regional violence that sh...