FOX NEWS.
LIZ: THANK YOU, KITTY LOGAN,
APPRECIATE IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING IN
LONDON TODAY FOR THE NATO
SUMMIT, MARKING NATO'S 70th
ANNIVERSARY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP EAGER TO GET OUT
IN FRONT OF FOREIGN POLICY AS
DEMOCRATS CONTINUE THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AT HOME.
LET'S WELCOME MY NEXT GUEST,
RETIRED FOUR-STAR GENERAL AND
FOX NEWS SENIOR STRATEGIC
ANALYST, GENERAL JACK KEANE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, GENERAL.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, LOSE.
LIZ: YOUR THOUGHTS ON NATO?
>> EVERYONE IS EMPHASIZING THE
DIFFERENCES WE HAVE, I BELIEVE
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON
THAN THOSE DIFFERENCES.
PARTICULARLY A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING THE MAJOR THREAT
TO NATO IS RUSSIA AND CLEARLY
NATO IS UNITED AROUND THAT
THREAT TO BE SURE AND IN THE
LAST FEW YEARS, NATO HAS BEEN
STRENGTHENED AS A RESULT OF
THAT.
NATO'S ALSO INCREASING THEIR
DEFENSE BUDGETS.
THAT IS SOMETHING PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS CHAMPIONED TO BE SURE.
THERE WERE UP TO NINE COUNTRIES
NOW ABOUT MEETING THAT STANDARD
OF 2% OF GDP GOES TO DEFENSE.
THAT IS GOING TO DOUBLE IN THE
NEXT FEW YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT WILL
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
NATO, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF
THIS RECENT ATTACK.
AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED, IN THE
INTRODUCTION BY AN ISIS-INSPIRED
INDIVIDUAL.
AT LEAST WE THINK IT IS, ON THE
STREETS OF, ON THE STREETS OF
LONDON AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MAINTAINING VIGILANCE AGAINST,
AGAINST THAT THREAT.
OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES.
TURKEY IS BUYING RUSSIAN MISS
SELL DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
MAKES NO SENSE.
IF YOU'RE A NATO MEMBER DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TURKEY
CONDUCTED A MILITARY OPERATION
IN TERRITORY THAT THE UNITED
STATES, BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAD
UNDER THEIR CONTROL WITH THE
SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCE, ALSO
SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF
SENSE.
SO YEAH, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES
BUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON,
THE COMMON THREAT IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT THING THAT IS
KEEPING THEM TOGETHER.
LIZ: GENERAL, YOUR ASSESSMENT
WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS CONTROVERSY, SHOULD NATIONS
OF ORIGIN, TAKE IN, TAKE BACK IN
THEIR OWN TERRORIST NATIONALS?
BECAUSE NOW FRANCE, OTHER
NATIONS IN EUROPE, WANT IRAQ TO
PROSECUTE, DETAIN THOUSANDS OF
ISIS TERRORISTS BUT IRAQ HAS ITS
OWN PROBLEM?
>> IT IS KIND OF LUDICROUS TO
EXPECT THE IRAQIS TO TAKE THIS
BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE
AREA.
THE REALITY, IRAQIS AND SYRIANS
MAKE UP MAKE UP CLOSE TO 20,000
ISIS DETAINEES.
2000 ARE EUROPEANS IN SYRIA.
CERTAINLY AS YOU NOTED, IRAQ HAS
CHALLENGES.
AND THEREFORE SHOULDN'T BE SORT
OF FARMED OUT DETENTION CENTER
FOR THE EUROPEANS.
YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH THE
EUROPEANS IS, THE GOVERNMENT
LEADERS DON'T TRUST THEIR OWN
JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THEY'RE
AFRAID THAT THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
WILL BE LENIENT ON THESE PEOPLE.
THEY MAY IN FACT COMMIT ANOTHER
ATTACK IN THEIR HOMELAND IS THE
ISSUE.
GIVEN WHAT TOOK PLACE IN ENGLAND
WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS LET OUT
ONLY SERVING HALF OF THEIR
SENTENCE, OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT
TRACKING HIM, IS SOMETHING THEY
SHOULD BE DOING, THAT IS PART OF
THE PROBLEM HERE.
IT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR THE
LEADERS.
THINK I THEY'RE DEAD WRONG NOT
BRINGING BACK THOSE CITIZEN
FIGHTERS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE LET
LOOSE, THEY WILL GET THEM BACK
ANYWAY BUT THEY WILL COME BACK
ARMED AND THAT WILL BE A
TRAGEDY.
LIZ: GENERAL, SWITCHING GEARS
QUICKLY.
CHINA SUSPENDING VISITS BY U.S.
NAVY SHIPS TO HONG KONG AFTER
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATION
BACKING THE HONG KONG
PROTESTERS.
BEIJING IS ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS
AGAINST A NUMBER OF HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUPS, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH,
FREEDOM HOUSE.
I WANT TO TURN TO THIS QUICKLY,
NOW WHAT IS HAPPENING, CHINA IS
NOW PARTNERING WITH RUSSIA ON A
55 BILLION-DOLLAR PIPELINE
BRINGING RUSSIAN ENERGY AND FUEL
TO CHINA.
I MEAN, GENERAL, YOUR ASSESSMENT
OF THIS?
THE U.S. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 70 YEARS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN
THIS BEFORE, A NET EXPORTER OF
OIL DUE TO FRACKING.
YOUR TAKE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
CHINA AND RUSSIA THERE?
>> CERTAINLY THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TOGETHER
ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY HAS
GOT TO BE OF CONCERN TO THE
WORLD.
RUSSIA, WHILE IT DOESN'T HAVE
THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT CHINA
HAS, IT DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
CAPABILITY AND, IN TERMS OF
MILITARY CAPACITY, AND CHINA, IS
THE FASTEST GROWING MILITARY
ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD AND AT
SOME POINT WILL LARGELY CATCH
THE UNITED STATES IN THAT
ENDEAVOR TOO.
SO THAT HAS GOT TO GIVE US
CONCERN.
THEIR AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES FOR
SURE IN CHINA.
DEMOCRACY IN NAME ONLY IN RUSSIA
IN TERMS OF WHERE PUTIN IS
TAKING THAT COUNTRY.
SO YES, THAT IS A FOREIGN POLICY
NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN FOR US
AND OUR ALLIES.
WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN
HONG KONG, AMERICAN FLAGS
FLYING, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
BEING PLAYED, CONGRESS ACTING,
PRESIDENT APPROVING LEGISLATION
BACKING THE HONG KONGERS, THAT
IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
LISTEN, THE THING THAT THE
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WHO RUN
MAINLAND CHINA FEAR MORE THAN
ANY COUNTRY, MORE THAN ANY
MILITARY POWER OR ECONOMIC
POWER, IS THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
WHAT IS ON DISPLAY IN HONG KONG
IS A VISIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF
WHAT CONCERNS THEM.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTAINED
IN HONG KONG AND THEY DO NOT
WANT THAT COMING INTO MAINLAND
CHINA.
THEIR ACHILLES' HEEL IN THE CCP
IS IN FACT THEIR AUTHORITARIAN
REPRESSIVE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN
PEOPLE BECAUSE IT COULD IMPLODE
SOME DAY ON THEM.
LIZ: WOW WHAT A STORY.