MIDDLE EAST TO REASSURE ARAB
ALLIES GETTING WHAT WOULD BE A
HERO'S WELCOME.
THE TRIP FOLLOWS NIKKI HALEY'S
COURTROOM LIKE PROSECUTION OF
IRAN FOR PROVIDING WEAPONS TO
YEMENI REBELS AS THE
ADMINISTRATION AGAINST IRAN,
SENIOR STRATEGIC ANALYST JACK
KEANE WITH US, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
REPORTING FROM THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL IN THE WAKE OF THAT
PRESENTATION BY NIKKI HALEY, THE
ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO MOVE TO
ARE WE GOING TO BEGIN GOING DOWN
THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ROAD?
>> WE HAVE TO.
IRAN'S MALIGN BEHAVIOR
DOMINATING THE MIDDLE EAST IS
THE PRIMARY ISSUE.
ISSUE, AND COULD NEVER GET THE
MALIGN BEHAVIOR ON THE TABLE,
BACK ON IT AS ESSENTIAL IF WE
ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN STABILITY
REGION SITTING WITH THE
AMBASSADOR FROM AN IMPORTANT
AMERICAN MUSLIM ALLY AND WAS
BECAUSE DECLARED JERUSALEM THE
CAPITAL BUT THIS IS SO MUCH
HARDER TO ALIGN THE ARAB WORLD
AGAINST IRAN.
WE CANNOT BE SEEN TAKING
DIRECTION AFTER THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE SUNNI ARABS CLOSER THAN WHAT
IT IS TODAY.
NOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM SUNNI
ARABS OVER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF
JERUSALEM BEING THE CAPITAL OF
SO CLOSE?
THE CONTOURS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
HAVE CHANGED.
IRAN IS SUCH A THREAT IN THE
REGION.
>> THE NUANCE HE POINTED OUT
MADE IT MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE
LIKE THE IRANIANS TO TRY TO
DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND SUNNI ARAB ALLIES,
AND TURKEY IS RISING TO POWER, A
LOT MORE FIREPOWER.
>> I DON'T BUY IT.
THEY HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF SYRIA
AND ESTABLISHED A LAND BRIDGE
FROM IRAN TO IRAQ INTO SYRIA TO
LEBANON.
THEY HAVE MORE POLITICAL
STATES HAS AND TOPPLED THE
GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN FOR WHICH
MISSILES ARE BEING FIRED AGAINST
SAUDI ARABIA.
THEY ARE ON THE MOVE.
I AM CONVINCED THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS TO STEP UP
AND DO MORE THAN THEY ARE
SUGGESTING IF WE'RE GOING TO
STOP THIS AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT IS MEETING
WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU
WHO IS MEETING IN EGYPT, SOMEONE
WHO HAS GOTTEN CLOSE TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND PRETTY CLOSE
TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR MIKE
PENCE TO REASSURE OUR SISSY AND
BRING HIM IN AS A FULL ON
AMERICAN ALLY?
>> EGYPT MATTERS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AND MOVING CLOSER TO RUSSIA
ARMS DEALS IN THE SINAI DESERT
WITH THE -- BUILDING THE NUCLEAR