COUNTRY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Sandra: FOR MORE AT ALL OF
THIS, LET'S BRING IN FOX NEWS
NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN
AFFAIRS ANALYST, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HER
HERE.
YOUR REACTION TO THESE THOUGHTS
AS YOU LOOK BACK ON THE EVENTS
UNFOLDING IN BAGHDAD THIS
MORNING?
>> THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS TO CLARIFY FOR THE
PUBLIC, WHO ARE THESE SO-CALLED
DEMONSTRATORS?
IF YOU PLAY THE VIDEO, WE SEE
THOSE YELLOW FLAGS, THIS IS NOT
THE IRAQ HE FLAGGED, THESE ARE
THE FLAGS OF THE PRO-IRANIAN
THEM MILITIA, MOSTLY HAS THE
LUCK OF BAGHDAD AND IRAQ, SECOND
VERY IMPORTANT, THE UNIFORMS.
I AM SPEAKING OF LOOKING AT
MILITIA MEN WITH HIS UNIFORMS OF
WHAT MEANS BASICALLY IS THAT
THESE ARE MILITIA CONDUCTING AN
URBAN ATTACK, MEANING WITHOUT
FIREARMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE
UNITED STATES EMBASSY.
THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE GOAL OF
THESE MILITIAS.
>> Sandra: LET ME GIVE YOU
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE REACTION WE
ARE SEEING THIS MORNING IN THE
MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, A TWEET FROM
MARCO RUBIO.
"IT IS BEYOND DISPUTE THAT THESE
MILITIAS AREN'T JUST BACKED BY
IRAN, THEY ARE DIRECTED AND
CONTROLLED BY THEM.
ANY ATTACKS BY THEM ARE DIRECT
WORK.
ALSO JOINED US ON THIS PROGRAM
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO AND SAID
THIS.
>> IRAN HAS BEEN USING THEIR
PROXY MILITANTS TO TARGET US.
THEY WANT IS OUT, THEY WANT TO
DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE
IRAQ HE GOVERNMENT.
WE SAW THE IRAQ HE
PRIME MINISTER SAY THIS WAS A
VIOLATION OF U.S. AT 50 AND
STRIKES ON THOSE HAS BEEN THE
WEAPONS LOCATIONS WITH A
VIOLATION OF IRAQI TERRITORY
INTEGRITY.
HE FELT LIKE HE PROBABLY NEEDED
TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT
DRIVES A WEDGE BETWEEN OUR TWO
COUNTRIES.
>> Sandra: WITH TENSIONS
QUICKLY ESCALATING, THE QUESTION
IS HOW WE RESPOND NEXT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET'S BE CALM
ABOUT THE SECURITY OF OUR
EMBASSY, AND A FORCES
UNDERGROUND TO PROTECT
OURSELVES.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO
PLAY THE GAME OF FRONTAL ATTACK
DIRECTLY WITH FIREPOWER AGAINST
THE EMBASSY.
THEY KNOW THE RESPONSE.
WE ARE NOT IN THE TEHRAN OF
1979, THE IRAQ HE GOVERNMENT
POLITICIANS ARE SAYING THIS IS
NOT A LEGITIMATE STRIKE.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT, WE ACTUALLY HAD
DESTROYED ISIS ACROSS IRAQ AND
AN ATTACK BY THE MURDER OF THE
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
THEY ARE ATTACKED, THEY'RE GOING
TO RESPOND SO WE COULD DO THE
SAME.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN
MY VIEW HERE IS THAT WHY THESE
MILITIAS ARE DOING THIS, THEY
ARE DOING THIS FOR TWO REASONS
AS WE ALL KNOW TO DRIVE US OUT,
GET TO THE ISSUE OF THE
SANCTIONS BUT MORE IMPORTANT,
THEY WANT TO DIVERT ATTENTION
FROM THE MILLIONS OF YOUNG IRAQ
USE DEMONSTRATING IN IRAQ FOR
THE LAST TWO MONTHS, THAT'S THE
GOAL BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN
STATEMENTS MADE THIS MORNING AND
YESTERDAY BY THE HEADS OF THE
MILITIA SAYING NOW WE ARE GOING
TO ATTACK THE AMERICANS AND THEN
GOING TO GO AGAINST THE AGENTS
OF THE AMERICAN IN THE STREETS
OF BAGHDAD, THAT'S THE REASON
FOR WHY THEY ARE DOING THOSE
AGGRESSIVE ACTS AGAINST US.
>> Sandra: IS FOR THE AMERICAN
RESPONSE THAT KILLED TWO DOZEN
FIGHTERS, WOUNDED DOZENS MORE,
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
APPEARED ON FOX NEWS YESTERDAY
MORNING RESPONDING TO THAT HAND
HINTING AT WHAT IS TO COME.
HERE IS A SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> THIS WAS AN IRANIAN BACKED
BROKE MILITIA ACTING TODAY
BROKE MILITIA ACTING TO DY
BROKE MILITIA ACTING TO DENY
BASIC SOVEREIGNTY.
THEY ARE WORKING TO EXPAND THEIR
TERROR CAMPAIGN ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
THEY TOOK A STRIKE IN AMERICAN
FACILITY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
BEEN PRETTY PATIENT.
AND HE HAS MADE CLEAR AT THE
TIME THAT WHEN AMERICANS OF
LIVES WERE AT RISK, WE WOULD
RESPOND.
>> Sandra: YOU COME TO THE
MOMENT NOW TO REACH US SAW THE
WHITE HOUSE PUT OUT A STATEMENT
SAYING TO THOSE MANY MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IRAQ WILL WANT FREEDOM
AND DO NOT WANT TO BE DOMINATED
AND CONTROLLED BY IRAN, THIS IS
YOUR TIME.
GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF WHAT WE
ARE SEEING THE NEXT IN THE DAYS
AND WEEKS TO COME HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THERE ARE A LOT
OF VOICES IN WASHINGTON AND
ELSEWHERE ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO.
WE HAVE IN BIG TROUBLE, NOT AT
ALL.
WE ACTUALLY SHOULD DIVIDE OUR
STRATEGY IF I MAY SAY, TO
RESPOND TO MILITARY ACTIONS BY
MILITARY ACTIONS HAS BEEN THE
MILITIAS ATTACKED, WE RESPONDED
IN A VERY LIMITED AND VERY
RATIONAL WAY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU JUST
MENTIONED THE TWEET OF THE
PRESIDENT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
DEMONSTRATIONS SHOULD BE DOING,
STARTING WITH THE PRESIDENT,
SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, THAT IS
TO TALK TO THE IRAQ HE PEOPLE,
TALK TO TO THE IRAQ HE
DEMONSTRATORS AND TELL THEM THIS
IS YOUR TIME.
IT WOULD FLIP MOST OF IRAQ, THE
SUNNY ARE ALREADY AGAINST THEM,
IT IS A GOOD MOMENTUM IF YOU
KNOW HOW TO ENGINEER IT.
>> Sandra: THIS IS A
DEVELOPING SITUATION THEY ARE IN
BAGHDAD, SOME OF THE VIDEO THAT
WE HAVE AND WE ARE GOING TO