Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120113:21:02:00
Back down on their threat to close the streets of hormuz or face retaliation. this has all the earmarks of a saber rattling, although one never knows. we have two u.s. aircraft carriers positioned in the region and a third is on the way. why do we care so much about the rattling over the straits? 20% of the world's oil flows through it every single day. shutting it off is citizen for iran and the world. not likely a path of rational pursuit, although you never know. we start with two folks who know the region better than i and most of us. lieutenant colonel anthony schaffer and iranian america...