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>> martha: good to see you. >> good to see you. march mars as marc pointed out the terror of soleimani and quds force was a reality to troops on the ground in iraq. it is believed as many as 1/3 of our casualties were a result of iranian bombs and weaponry thrust into the iraq conflict in order to kill an injure as many u.s. military members as possible. that's why the suggestion that the u.s. would do anything to aid them is gut-wrenching. my next guest is an iraq war veteran who in 2005 was severely injured outside baghdad by efp which is signature iranian explosive and now robert bartlett i...

That's true. in fact, the protests show that the nuclear agreement was a hard-nosed agreement. i never sat in a single meeting in the white house situation room with secretary kerry, with anyone where anyone ever tried to mention the nuclear agreement and those negotiations as being a reason why we weren't going to be just as tough on the iran regime. >> martha: i'm going to give you the final word, sergeant bartlett, because you lost a lot thanks to an iranian eud. >> it's not just me who lost a lot. my buddy next to me was killed instantly and i have got to do this for him. is he not here. h...

Continue to carry out their terrorism and attack our own military on the ground. sergeant bartlett, when you listen to this back and forth, what goes through your mind? >> total betrayal of everybody who has served for this country and the country itself and its people. soleimani, that's all he wants to do is kill americans, kill israelis. so for us to give any kind of enablement to that country and that current regime is just treason. i got no other word. i hate to use it but i can't see it any other way. it's treason. if i did anything relatively close to that i would be held for treason and...

Them more money to do these things. there is no doubt that the iranian government is mucking around in the region doing terrible things, threat to the united states. they are bad actors, burr the nuclear agreement never gave them the kind of wealth that people were worried about. they were never flush with cash to extend their operations in the region. one of the things that we have seen is they are overextended and their population is angry about that. >> martha: sergeant bartlett, do you agree? >> no. i totally disagree. i think the iran nuclear deal was a set up so they could push the billi...

You never know where you are going to end up. you start with a 30-year-old guy bartending. you go to war because the war starts. if you go to sniper school, you end up getting blown up. he spent four and a half years at walter reed and then you're getting involved in trying to stop bad policies from happening and continuing to save americans on the policy level. you never know where you're going to end up. you roll with the punches, as they say. >> sandra: sergeant bartlett, it's an honor to speak with you tonight. thank you for being here and thank you for your service. >> thank you, i apprec...